Complete set of Turkish shadow puppets

Complete set of Turkish shadow puppets

 A set of 33 genuine leather shadow puppets from Istanbul, Turkey used to perform the Hacivat and Karagoz stories. The figures are all around 28 cms tall and all come with a stick which will go into the reinforced leather hole and hold them against a screen

The set consists of:

1. Karagoz
2. Hacivat
3. Karagoz trapped in an earthenware pot
4. Hacivat  with the body of a goat
5. Karagoz with the body of a donkey
6. Hacivat and Karagoz in a rowing boat
7. a male and a female dancer
8. a male musician playing a saz
9. a female musician playing a guitar
10. Husmen the wrestler
11. Rumeli the dwarf
12. a pasha or rich man
13. an opium smoker
14. a naked witch riding on a dragon
15. a gypsy fortune teller
16. a lady with umbrella and veil
17. a woman with tulip (Karagoz's wife)
18. a market seller with paniers
19. a fruit seller with basket
20. a woodcutter with axe
21. a janissary or soldier
22. a night watchman with his lantern
23. a fish seller with 3 fish
24. a camel and an owl
25. a snake and a small dragon
26. 3 elephants - one very large and two small
27. 2 scenery pieces - a traditional house and a lemon tree in a pot