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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 9872889, member: 2844"]They usually come with bodies in textile dress with beaded details, but I guess someone didn't like the bodies.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/frown.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":(" unselectable="on" /> Heads are sometimes sold separately as small (airplane size) souvenirs, but those come with stands and are usually carved with more detail.</p><p>They were made in West Java.</p><p>Both are male, in case you were wondering.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /> And both are characters in the Hindu epics Mahabharata and/or Ramayana, Javanese-Sundanese style.</p><p><br /></p><p>Although most Wayang Golek puppets that end up in the West were made as souvenirs, it is possible that the more basic one on the right came from a full set for a travelling puppeteer. It could be as old as the 1950s, but dating is easier when they still have their bodies and clothing.</p><p>The fiesty fellow is much more recent and probably part of a souvenir puppet.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 9872889, member: 2844"]They usually come with bodies in textile dress with beaded details, but I guess someone didn't like the bodies.:( Heads are sometimes sold separately as small (airplane size) souvenirs, but those come with stands and are usually carved with more detail. They were made in West Java. Both are male, in case you were wondering.;) And both are characters in the Hindu epics Mahabharata and/or Ramayana, Javanese-Sundanese style. Although most Wayang Golek puppets that end up in the West were made as souvenirs, it is possible that the more basic one on the right came from a full set for a travelling puppeteer. It could be as old as the 1950s, but dating is easier when they still have their bodies and clothing. The fiesty fellow is much more recent and probably part of a souvenir puppet.[/QUOTE]
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