Dramatic Museum Realia

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Dramatic Museum Realia: Puppets: Turkey: Gallery 1

Item Information

Turkish shadow puppet of rhinoceros

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Title

Turkish shadow puppet of rhinoceros

Description

Part of a set of Karagheuz puppets.
Conservation assessment: Stable; objects are in good condition, but should be left in their individual folders if possible

Source

Dramatic Museum Realia
Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University

Date

1800-1899

Identifier

DM number: P13.02
Box: 23

Coverage

Turkey

Additional Item Metadata

Provenance

Brander Matthews, with others, c.1925

Citation

"Marionettes in Museums of the United States," in Puppetry, a Yearbook of Puppets and Marionettes. Edited by Paul McPharlin, 23-28. Detroit: The Inland Press, 1930.; Spaulding, Jean, "Masks and Marionettes," Institute Magazine Dec. 1929: 12-13, 28-29.; Bell, John. "Puppets and 'The Iconography of Drama': The Brander Matthews Collection at Columbia University." in American Puppetry. Edited by Phyllis T. Dircks, 105-117. New York: McFarland and Company, 2004.

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Original Format

Shadow puppets
leather

Physical Dimensions

6"

Citation

“Turkish shadow puppet of rhinoceros,” Columbia University Libraries Online Exhibitions, accessed December 4, 2024, https://exhibitions.library.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/realia/item/1640.

Rare Book & Manuscript Library / Butler Library, 6th Fl. East / 535 West 114th St. / New York, NY 10027 / (212) 854-5153 / rbml@libraries.cul.columia.edu