Two Hand Carved Puppets Wayang Golek Long Nose Java Indonesia Beanie Hats 17"
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Vintage or antique carved Indonesian wood stick puppets from Western Java
Set of two puppet friends with incredibly long noses
Are they a puppet gang or a STAND UP COMEDY DUO?!
Head and neck are separate jointed wood pieces separate from body
I don't know the name of these characters
Neck slides into body on top
Set comes with one 11" stick to slide into puppets to hold
Puppets are 17" tall from bottom of skirt to top of head
Both puppets wear knit stocking cap beanies, shirts, skirts
One puppet has a green skirt and pinkish shirt
Other puppet has a blue plaid skirt with green print shirt
Bodies have jointed arms worked with string-attached sticks
Three-dimensional wooden puppet from West Java
This cultural art form began in the 1600s
Wikipedia: "The term wayang golek is the Javanese word, it consists of two words wayang and golek. Wayang for "shadow" or "imagination" and Golek for "seek." In modern daily Javanese and Indonesian vocabulary, wayang can refer to the puppet itself or the whole puppet theatre performance."
cONdITIOn: Good vintage / antique condition - Some wear, scratches, chips on painted hand-carved wood
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