Karagöz
Shadow Puppet
mid 19th century (made)
mid 19th century (made)
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Shadow puppet, 1 of a group of 10.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | camel hide, cut and coloured by hand. |
| Brief description | Unknown. 'Karagöz'. Shadow-puppet from a Karagöz-Hacivat play. Turkish, mid-19th century. |
| Physical description | Shadow puppet, 1 of a group of 10. |
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| Credit line | Given by the Marchesa Louise Ordoño de Rosales |
| Object history | One of ten marionettes representing Oriental and European characters (E.1281 to 1290-1936). |
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| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1936, London: Board of Education, 1937. |
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| Accession number | E.1282-1936 |
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| Record created | July 11, 2008 |
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