Indonesian Antique Wayang Kulit Shadow Puppet with Snake and Pitchfork long legged doll The four little pedestal legs

The four little pedestal legs upon which the tub rests are pretty great too

some figurative

with these green painted stripes

which I've been pretty excited to learn about

Indonesian Antique Wayang Kulit Shadow Puppet with Snake and Pitchfork long legged doll The four little pedestal legsThe snake! That pitchfork! And then those teeth, and phallus peeking out below that terrifically patterned green cloth. There are lots of wonderful old Javanese Wayang Kulit shadow puppets out there, but this is quite an unusual one and one of my very favorites. The puppet is made of water buffalo hide, cut and punctured by hand, then colored with water based paints made of natural pigments on both sides. At one time there would have been carved horn