Appears in Hitchcock and Norris as Fig 203 (cropped). Caption reads ‘ The Queen accompanied by an attendant in a Wayang Topeng performance. Women’s parts are almost always played by men, but if the Queen is played by a girl, she will not wear a mask.’ I Wayan Dibia says this is Sita (L) and Rama (R), from Wayang Wong, which makes sense within the sequence. Appears in Hitchcock and Norris as Fig 203. Selected for HD Scan March2010.
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