Burmese Puppet Mythological Forest Ogre
AGE: – Early to mid 20th Century
CONSTRUCTION: – Wood, sequins, glass, Thayo Lacquer
LENGTH: – 97cm
WEIGHT: – 4.95 Kg.
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The Burmese Puppet Mythological Forest Ogre is a beautiful, highly decorative large Burmese Puppet with silver sequins decorating the entire body, glass beads, glass mosaics, gilding, and thayo lacquer decorating the head and feet. There is age-related wear with a couple of glass beads and sequins missing.
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This puppet is referred to as Taw Belu in Burmese myth, legend, and folklore, he is a demon renowned for eating raw meat and wearing a large plume on top of his headdress. The Palace Ogre with his spiked headdress referred to as Nan Belu (Garuda) is a far more noble demon, and also more powerful than his rival the forest ogre (Taw Belu).Traditionally, In puppet shows, he always stands on the right of the stage and always enters and exits from the right. Because Taw Belu and Nan Belu are enemies, they are never placed or stored in the same trunk after the show.
The original strings are attached to different parts of the puppet with a wooden handle for manipulating the movements.
Other Mythical Creatures in Burmese Folklore