A beautiful puppet head of Barongang with a pair of handles on the verso which double as 'ears,' hand-carved from hardwood and painted in a variety of original pigments. The handles and both halves of the head articulate along a lengthy iron bar, with one handle operating the mandible and attached metal tongue, and the other for maneuvering and stabilizing the top half of the head. The puppet head boasts spiral wire whiskers , bulging hemispherical eyes, a raised snout with delineated nostrils, curled eyebrows and mustache tips, rows of uniform teeth, and dozens of small scales lining the forehead. A fine example of Balinese puppetry!
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