Shadow player

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Shadow player, Lotte Reiniger. The image features a cut-out figure of a person with a bird-like head. The figure is made of brown, gold, red, and black cut-out shapes. It has a long neck and a head with a red face, a black and white beak-like nose and mouth, and two round objects on top. The figure wears a brown outfit with white, black, and red lines and shapes. It has a brown belt and black shoes. The right arm is bent at the elbow, and the left arm is down by its side. A thin wire runs from the neck to the right arm. The background is white.