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Burmese marionette

Puppet
late 19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Marionette of a Burmese warrior in carved and painted wood, with painted features and black hair moustache and tufts of beard, and white painted jointed and articulated hands. He wears a scarlet jacket with a cotton bodice and velvet sleeves ending in wide woven green cotton from elbows to wrists, and camel coloured cotton stockings over which are brown and orange trousers and a maroon checked cotton wrap around the hips


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleBurmese marionette (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Carved and painted wood, hair, velvet and cotton. Suspected use of human hair.
Brief description
Marionette of a Burmese warrior, late 19th century.
Physical description
Marionette of a Burmese warrior in carved and painted wood, with painted features and black hair moustache and tufts of beard, and white painted jointed and articulated hands. He wears a scarlet jacket with a cotton bodice and velvet sleeves ending in wide woven green cotton from elbows to wrists, and camel coloured cotton stockings over which are brown and orange trousers and a maroon checked cotton wrap around the hips
Dimensions
  • Height: 66cm
  • Arms by the sides width: 34.0cm
  • Arms outstretched width: 70.0cm
Credit line
Given by the British Puppet and Model Theatre Guild
Collection
Accession number
S.448-2001

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Record createdSeptember 6, 2004
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