"One of the formerly produced shadow play puppets painted in only red and black", about 5 1/2 feet tall (Census of India 1961, Selected Crafts of Andhra Pradesh, 1964, Leather Puppet Dolls, Plate 1, facing p. 16)

Colour picture of a leather shadow puppet of a man with raised hands, a crown and a moustache, decorated in red and black on a cream ground.

Type: Drawing
Creator: A. Chandra Sekhar (Superintendent of Census Operations, Andhra Pradesh), Selected Crafts of Andhra Pradesh, 1964
Date: 1964
Licence: Public domain in India
From: A. Chandra Sekhar (Census of India), Census of India 1961, Vol. II: Andhra Pradesh, Part VII-A (i): Selected Crafts of Andhra Pradesh (opens in a new tab), 1964, Leather Puppet Dolls, Plate 1, facing p. 16 (PDF p. 52)
Original: censusindia.gov.in (opens in a new tab)
Appears in: Andhra State & Andhra Pradesh, Telugu folk arts: burrakatha, harikatha, yakshaganam and more