Indonesian Wayang Kulit Pierced Hide Hand Fan with Horn Handle milk pitcher The hand-painted details are really

The hand-painted details are really wonderful

which I also could not resist

delicate form and is glazed the palest

so I cleared them out

Believed to have shape-shifting qualities and called upon in ritual in order to clarify visions

Indonesian Wayang Kulit Pierced Hide Hand Fan with Horn Handle milk pitcher The hand-painted details are reallyThis Indonesian fan I believe dates to the very early 20th century, and, like traditional Javanese shadow theatre puppets, is made of finely pierced and painted hide parchment, most likely buffalo skin. At the center is a Wayang Kulit shadow puppet figure rendered in gold with with black details. The handle is carved black horn, extending up along the edges and attached by thread wound through pierced holes. Quite a wonderful thing, which indeed casts