Les Ombres Japonaises (Japanese shadow cards)

France, c. 1880

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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.’.

Collection

Not in ACMI's collection

On display until

16 February 2031

ACMI: Gallery 1

Credits

creator

Charles Watilliaux

manufacturer

Watilliaux

Production places
France
Production dates
c. 1880

Appears in

Group of items

Shadow puppetry and play

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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

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