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String PuppetEh165 a-b

Three-dimensional female humanoid puppet: head with yellow beaded and sequined headdress (part b) fits into body with bodice and skirt (part a). The body has jointed arms and legs. Hair is dark blue dyed twine. The head is decorated with an orange lace ribbon at the ahirline, and a purply-pink lace floral design ribbon running from forehead to headdress. Red ribbon frill at neck. Bodice is yellow with beaded and sequined design and metallic gold and silver ribbon across chest. Sleeves are multicoloured sythetic material puffed at shoulders and gathered at elbows. The same material forms an underskirt with a semi-transparent black overskirt that has blue and silver embroidered flowers. The figure is also wearing a purple, orange, yellow and off-white floral print shawl, which she holds in each hand.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
wood, synthetic fibre ? and paint
Made in
Galle, Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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String PuppetEh142 a-c

Three-dimensional male humanoid puppet (king character): head with paper crown (part b) fits into body clothed in a skirt and shirt (part a), and necklace (part c) fits around neck. The body has jointed arms and legs. Gauzy material with metallic embroidery drapes from shoulders. The figure is clothed in a semi-transparent, multicoloured floral patterned skirt, and a red and gold shirt. His hair is blue dyed plant fibre, knotted at the top of his head, and his moustache is the same material dyed purple-blue. The figure's right hand is clasped, and his left hand has the index and middle finger extended, with the rest folded.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
wood, synthetic fibre and paint
Made in
Galle, Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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String PuppetEh167 a-b

Three-dimensional female humanoid puppet (Servant girl character): head (part b) fits into body clothed in a shirt and skirt (part a). The body has jointed arms and legs. The shirt is made of off-white fabric with a brown and dark blue cross pattern on the bodice, and sleeves that have the same pattern on the bottom half and a band of smaller dark blue crescents with slightly larger brown crescents on the top half. The skirt has a floral pattern in orange, red, pink, off-white and black. Dyed purple-grey plant fibre represents hair. The figure's right hand is clasped, and the left hand is flat.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
wood, fibre and paint
Made in
Galle, Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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String PuppetEh147 a-b

Three-dimensional male humanoid puppet (jester character): head with pointed cap (part b) fits into body with tunic and pants (part a). The body has jointed arms and legs. The face is painted light brown, and the arms and legs are painted dark orange-pink. The cap is made of orange, pink, red, blue and black floral print fabric, and the tunic and pants are made from green, red, and off-white patterned material with a grid and flower motif. The figure's shoes are painted black.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
wood, cotton fibre ? and paint
Made in
Galle, Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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String PuppetEh161 a-b

Male puppet figure: detachable head (part b) has a rod that extends down from the neck and fits into a socket in the top of the torso of the body (part a). The figure is wearing a green and off-white floral print shirt, an off-white fabric skirt, and off-white pants underneath the skirt with horizontal green, grey and pink lines. The figure's legs have been wrapped in newspaper (horse racing results ?), and the figure has been blindfolded with a strip of green, blue, red and off-white fabric.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
wood, cotton fibre and paint
Made in
Galle, Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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String PuppetEh146 a-b

Three-dimensional female puppet representing the daughter of a farmer family. Head (part b) fits into body clothed in shirt and skirt (part a). The body has jointed arms and legs, and plant fibre that has been dyed blue-green represents the hair. The figure is also wearing one earring on her right ear, and her feet are reversed. Skirt is a yellow, pink and green floral print on a geometric square and grid patterned blue background. Shirt is purple with white dots grouped in circles.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
wood, cotton fibre ? and paint
Made in
Galle, Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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String PuppetEh156 a-b

Three-dimensional humanoid puppet: head (part b) fits into body with dressed in shirt and pants (part a). The body has jointed arms and legs. The face is painted, and black cotton string and yarn has been attached to the head to simulate hair. The shirt is red with the collar, cuffs, and pockets in red polka dots on an off-white background. The pants are made of the same polka dot material.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
wood, cotton fibre ? and paint
Made in
Galle, Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Puppet HeaddressEh168

Triangular shaped headdress made of cotton and synthetic fabric. The sides are dark blue while the middle section is orange with a scalloped edge. Almost the entire surface is decorated with clear, grey and gold coloured beads as well as green and gold sequins. There are smaller sections of floral fabric detailing. The underside is lined with an orange and blue fabric detailed with a line and floral pattern on a cream ground. The ends have a brown fibre twine tie.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
cotton fibre, synthetic fibre, metal ?, glass ? and plastic
Made in
Galle, Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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String PuppetEh163 a-b

Three-dimensional male humanoid puppet: head with yellow truban (part b) fits into body clothed in a yellow tunic and off-white skirt (part a). The body has jointed arms and legs. The face is painted brown with a black moustache and black hair.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
wood, cotton fibre ? and paint
Made in
Galle, Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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String PuppetEh162 a-b

Three-dimensional male humanoid puppet (Sanni or disease demon dancer character): head with long fibrous hair, moustache and beard (part b) fits into body clothed in a mottled blue and grey shirt and a red and pink knee-length skirt (part a). The body has jointed arms and legs. Figure has a blue-purple face with black painted eyebrows, a red mouth, and bulging, bulbous eyes. Figure has bare blue-purple feet and two blue-purple hands with curled fingers. Puppet is attached to several thin black cords tied to a plain wooden stick.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
wood, cotton fibre, plant fibre, paper, paint and dye
Made in
Galle, Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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