Handmade Hand Puppet with Painted Wood Face tapestry An ancient Indonesian tradition centered

An ancient Indonesian tradition centered in Java

from whom I understand they were made by a G

swapped out

I find these handmade leaded and stained glass picture frames (there is a pair of these available

facing in alternating directions from one row to the next

Handmade Hand Puppet with Painted Wood Face tapestry An ancient Indonesian tradition centeredI don't know anything about the history of this old hand puppet, which I found at an antique shop in Maine and just could not leave behind such humanity in this deeply carved and painted wooden face, with chunky screwed on nose and big drippy red mouth! And then this curly wool hair or maybe meant to be a cap, as there is another layer of brown hair peeking out at the back of his neck. He's had a life for sure, with holes now in his grey knitted wool