Wayang golek

This is a wayang golek or rod puppet I got at Batu Ferringhi in Penang, Malaysia. I wish he had a partner. This is from Wiki:

"Wayang golek are wooden doll puppets that are operated from below by rods connected to the hands and a central control rod that runs through the body to the head. The simple construction of the puppets belies their versatility, expressiveness and aptitude for imitating human dance. Little is known for certain about the history of wayang golek, but scholars have speculated that it most likely originated in China and arrived in Java sometime in the 17th century."

I have visited museums in Cambodia and Thailand, and saw Chinese puppets designed like this. The Muzium Negeri in Kuala Lumpur has a good display of many kinds of hand puppets in Asia. Wayang is the Bahasa Indonesia/Malaysia term for theater.