Handcrafted Rajasthani Puppet Doll from Indian


 

 Kathputli Puppet Doll from Rajasthan Indian

Recently I came across this beautiful Rajasthani  Kathputli puppet doll from India dressed in silk and playing a golden wind instrument.  


Kathputli is a type of string puppet theatre, native to Rajasthan, India. This string marionette performance art is the most popular form of Indian puppetry.  Putli means a doll made of wood, and indeed, the head appears to be carved of wood and painted  

The doll is slightly over two feet tall, dressed in green silk with a metallic pattern and trim. He wears a red silk turban and plays a golden instrument. 

This Rajasthani  Kathputli puppet doll is quite elegant and an example of a cloth doll with a wooden head  


 








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