Rod puppet of Rahwana, a giant with ten faces. TThe puppert's faces are on a detachable head (part a). The primary face is red, with a sharp upturned nose, piercing blue eyes surrounded by painted decoration, and an open mouth showing the upper teeth and two long pointed canine teeth. His beard and moustache are made of real hair. On his head is an intricate headdress with a diadem of gold, blue and white, with pompoms hanging in front of each ear, and a pointed centre portion showing the frowning face of a pink skinned man. On the back of the headdress is another carved face with pink skin, red eyes, and an open mouth, from which protrudes a long, curved, red tongue, a set of white upper teeth, and very long curved canine teeth. This face’s beard is a continuation of the real hair used on the red face. A sleeveless, beaded velvet cover drapes down both the front and back of the gold torso (part b). A matching apron ties at the waist and partially covers a long sarong that hides a wooden stick (part c) which extends up through the torso and into the puppet’s head to control its movement. The puppet’s gold arms are decorated with coiled serpents and bracelets and are moveable at shoulder and elbow by wooden sticks attached to each hand. Part d is a square wooden base that the torso stick of the puppet is inserted into to hold it upright.

Rod puppet of Hanoman. The head of the puppet has a curling white headdress called a gelung supit urang, with gold and red ear decorations carved and painted onto it. The eyes are green, and surrounded with decorative patterns in black paint. A small round nose sits atop a protruding mouth area, with moustache and beard surrounding an open red mouth devoid of teeth. The torso is covered with a sleeveless, black, beaded apron, belted at the waist. Below is a checked sarong that covers a wooden stick which extends through the torso into the head to control its movement. The arms are moveable at shoulder and elbow by wooden sticks attached to each hand. Part b is a round wooden base that the torso stick of the puppet is inserted into to hold it upright.

Long tubular mask made of balsa wood. Mask is a long hollow cylinder with ears or wings (parts b & c) protruding from holes at its sides. It is decorated with black and brown geometric patterns composed of triangles, squares, circles and Xs. The face is a yellow circle with protruding eyebrows and nose, a painted lined moustache, oval eyes with eyelashes, a triangle mouth, and semi-circles on the cheeks and forehead. Long wooden L-shaped ears or wings which fit into the holes of the mask have one side decorated with painted circles, the other with painted triangles.

Long tubular mask made of balsa wood. Mask is a long hollow cylinder with ears or wings (parts b & c) protruding from holes at its sides. It is decorated with black and brown geometric patterns composed of triangles, squares and circles. The face is a yellow circle with oval eyes, a semi-circle mouth, semi-circle cheeks and protruding eyebrows and nose. The ears are decorate on one side iwith painted circles, the other with painted triangles.

Long tubular mask made of balsa wood. Mask is a long hollow cylinder (part a) with ears or wings (parts b & c) protruding from holes at its sides. It is is decorated with black and brown geometric patterns composed of triangles, squares and circles. The face is a yellow circle with oval eyes, a rectangular nose, triangle mouth and squared cheeks. The ears are decorated with a starburst design on one side, and on the other side a curved X design with a circle in the centre.

Rod puppet of Garuda. The puppet's head (part a) has the face of a bird, with a long sharp beak containing rounded gold teeth, and large red eyes rimmed in shades of blue. Above a scalloped brow and ears with dangling tassels is a large elaborate headdress decorated with stripes and swirls of paint and carved patterns. It covers a fringe of curled black hair at the back of the head. On the body (part b) theback of the puppet’s shoulders have 2 vertical grooves for the wings (parts d and e) to be inserted into. The wings are partially splayed and have long feathers of blue, pink and white. On the puppet’s rounded chest is a pattern of carved and painted feathers in light brown, green and red. A patterned sarong drapes down from his waist, covering a wooden stick (part c) that extends through the torso into the head to control its movement. Bracelets adorn each arm and wrist and each hand has curved talons rather than fingers. The arms are moveable at shoulder and elbow by wooden sticks attached to each hand. Part f is the wooden base.

Wayang golek rod puppet of the character Batara Wisnu. The head carries an elaborate headdress that incorporates images of the eagle deity Garuda on each side, covering a fringe of black hair. The face is painted white with carved features finely outlined in black. The mouth is red and smiling, surrounded by a curling moustache and small beard. The torso is covered by a black, sleeveless, beaded hanging below which is a sarong belted at the waist. The sarong hides a wooden stick that extends through the torso to control the movement of the head. The golden arms are moveable at shoulder and elbow by wooden sticks attached to each hand, and are decorated with red and gold bracelets.

Rod puppet (wayang golek) of a tiger, or harimau with a feline head and a tiger-human torso and arms. The wooden head (part a) has small pointed ears, behind which are golden decorations reaching to the neck. The eyes have red pupils, and the mouth is open, showing small pointed teeth and a pink tongue. Stiff plastic whiskers stick out of the snout. The head, torso and arms are painted with tiger stripes. The torso (part b) is bare, and at the back is a thick curved tail connected at waist and right shoulder. A sarong, belted at the waist, hides a wooden stick (part c) that extends up through the torso and into the puppet’s head to control its movement. The puppet’s wrists are adorned with red and blue bracelets and the arms are moveable at the shoulder by wooden sticks attached to each hand. The fingers of both hands are short, with painted claws on each tip. The stand (part d) is a square piece of painted wood.

Long, rectangular, brown mask. The sack-like mask is made of tree bark stitched along either side. The top of the mask folds over behind the head and has a dark brown fringe made of bark strips which cascades down the back like hair. Two eyeholes are made at the bottom of the mask, below the face. The face of the mask is a large oval made of dried black resin, painted with white and yellow features and geometric patterns. It has a large circle with a flower pattern on the forehead, circle eyes, triangle mouth and semi-circles on the cheeks and chin. The nose is missing and eyebrows have broken off.

Long, rectangular, brown mask. The sack-like mask is made of tree bark stitched along either side. The top of the mask folds over behind the head and has a dark brown fringe made of bark strips which cascades down the back like hair. Two eyeholes are made at the bottom of the mask, below the face. The face of the mask is a large oval made of dried black resin, painted with white and yellow features and geometric patterns. It has a triangle mouth, circle eyes, and three triangles on the forehead with two semi circles and one concentric circle. The face has protruding triangular nose and eyebrows made of balsa wood.