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Photo, Print, Drawing Dancer with a Group of Wandering Puppeters in Batavia. Danseres van een groep rondtrekkende wajang topengspelers te Batavia

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Title

  • Dancer with a Group of Wandering Puppeters in Batavia.

Other Title

  • Danseres van een groep rondtrekkende wajang topengspelers te Batavia

Summary

  • This dancer was part of a troupe of wandering entertainers who traveled through Java in the late 19th century, performing dances and puppet shows. Indonesian shadow puppetry, known as wayang kulit, is one of the world's oldest storytelling traditions. Traditional Javanese dance began as a court ritual, but over time the dances incorporated many of the stories and traditions performed in the puppet theater. The photograph was taken by the studio of Woodbury & Page, which was established in 1857 by the British photographers Walter Bentley Woodbury and James Page. The photograph is from the collections of the KITLV/Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies in Leiden.

Names

  • Page, James Photographer.
  • Woodbury, Walter B. (Walter Bentley), 1834-1885 Photographer.

Created / Published

  • Batavia : Woodbury & Page, 1872.

Headings

  • -  Indonesia--Jakarta
  • -  1872
  • -  Clothing and dress
  • -  Dancers
  • -  Entertainers
  • -  Puppet theater
  • -  Theatrical productions
  • -  Wayang topeng

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 24 x 19 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and the Caribbean Studies KITLV.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021669852

Online Format

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  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Page, James Photographer, and Walter B Woodbury. Dancer with a Group of Wandering Puppeters in Batavia. Jakarta Indonesia, 1872. Batavia: Woodbury & Page. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021669852/.

APA citation style:

Page, J. P. & Woodbury, W. B. (1872) Dancer with a Group of Wandering Puppeters in Batavia. Jakarta Indonesia, 1872. Batavia: Woodbury & Page. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021669852/.

MLA citation style:

Page, James Photographer, and Walter B Woodbury. Dancer with a Group of Wandering Puppeters in Batavia. Batavia: Woodbury & Page. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021669852/>.