shadow puppet

Carved and painted leather shadow puppet of Bimanyu. He has long hair which flows down his back, a straight narrow nose, delicate narrow eyes and a delicate mouth. His hair is raised at the front as with the Pandawa brothers, but without the upward curve behind. His upper bbody is unclothed, and he wears a warrior's dodot which leaves his lower legs bare.
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