Indonesian Wayand Kulit Handmade Shadow Puppet candles 5 inches in diameter and

5 inches in diameter and 3 inches tall

and passed the craft on to his children who continue to produce totems and smaller pieces like this one

with a bit of yellow paint where the handle meets the head

such as the rims of pottery and porcelain

Suda was strongly influenced by both Danish Modern pottery and native Canadian art--influences which I think wonderfully merge in these earthy and strikingly graphic hand-formed candleholders

Indonesian Wayand Kulit Handmade Shadow Puppet candles 5 inches in diameter andThis is a wonderful Indonesian Wayang Kulit shadow puppet. I believe it is made of animal hide (Kulit means skin, and refers to the leather construction of the puppets), which has been carefully hand cut and hand painted, including with gold for the torso and the arms. The back side is painted in the same manner as the front, and on both sides the puppet is attached to what I believe are bamboo sticks, painted black, one of which runs down the center