Japanese Shadow Cards (French made) circa 1880
Cardboard box containing 9 x ‘Shadow Puppet’, game cards. Cards are mono coloured printed onto individual pieces of cardboard; each card depicts a different illustration of a hand gesture to produced a shadow puppet effect. Box is red with a printed label on front with coloured type ‘L.E.S OMBRES JAPONAISES W.X.Paris.’.
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Collection
Not in ACMI's collection
On display until
16 February 2031
ACMI: Gallery 1
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
AEO177012
Curatorial section
The Story of the Moving Image → Moving Pictures → MI-01. Light and Shadow → MI-01-C02
Measurements
Card dim: orientation landscape 4.6 x 5.8 x 0.1cm Card box dim: orientation portrait 7.4 x 5.2 x 0.4cm
Object Types
3D Object