wayang golek (Rod Puppet)

Wayang golek three dimensional wood and fabric puppet is from the Cirebon area, with Chinese influence in features and dress due to several centuries of Chinese immigration into the area. The puppet represents a grandmother.

Three dimensional wood and fabric puppet representing a grandmother. The head (part a) has a white painted face with finely carved and painted features, including wrinkles across the forehead and around the mouth. Ears and a small nose are protruding. The black carved hair is pulled back away from the face. The body (part b) has shoulders and arms painted gold. From an attached bodice falls a long skirt of cotton, covering a removable wooden stick (part c) that controls the movement of the head, and connects the figure to its round base (part d). The arms are moveable at shoulder and elbow by wooden sticks attached to each hand.