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Shadow puppets

Scope note

Elaborately painted, usually flat leather, puppets originally developed in Java to cast shadows on white screens during dramatizations.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000211230

Broader Terms used

puppets

Equivalent Terms used

shadow puppet

Created

13yrs ago

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