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:
- Karagoz
- Hacivat
- Karagoz trapped in an earthenware pot
- Hacivat with the body of a goat
- Karagoz with the body of a donkey
- Hacivat and Karagoz in a rowing boat
- a male and a female dancer
- a male musician playing a saz
- a female musician playing a guitar
- Husmen the wrestler
- Rumeli the dwarf
- a pasha or rich man
- an opium smoker
- a naked witch riding on a dragon
- a gypsy fortune teller
- a lady with umbrella and veil
- a woman with tulip (Karagoz's wife)
- a market seller with paniers
- a fruit seller with basket
- a woodcutter with axe
- a janissary or soldier
- a night watchman with his lantern
- a fish seller with 3 fish
- a camel and an owl
- a snake and a small dragon
- 3 elephants - one very large and two small
- 2 scenery pieces - a traditional house and a lemon tree in a pot
PUP1 – Leather Shadow Puppets: Complete set of Turkish shadow puppets
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