Shadow Puppet of a Battleship
Item
Title
Shadow Puppet of a Battleship
Description
This is an image of a shadow puppet of a battleship used during Islamic shadow plays. This puppet would have been used as a character within the narrative of a play, most likely telling a story with a moral in a public space.
Creator
unknown
Temporal Coverage
ca. before 18th century
Spatial Coverage
possibly Egypt
Type
Image
Date Created
unknown
Source
https://sammlung-digital.lindenmuseum.de/en/object/shadow-figure_740
Contributor
Emma Kress
Rights
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
