Not currently on display at the V&A

Czech rod puppet

Puppet
ca.1930 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Rod puppet, undressed, of a middle-aged military man, with a carved and painted wooden head with carved hair, painted brown, and a gaucho-style moustache, painted dark brown. He has a carved wooden body, one wooden lower arm attached to a canvas upper arm; wooden legs, jointed at the knees, and carved boots painted brown. His right arm is missing. He has a black military style hat of fur fabric, topped with a black tassel


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleCzech rod puppet (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Carved wood, paint, canvas, fur fabric, cord and metal
Brief description
Rod puppet, undressed, of a middle-aged military man. Czech, ca.1930
Physical description
Rod puppet, undressed, of a middle-aged military man, with a carved and painted wooden head with carved hair, painted brown, and a gaucho-style moustache, painted dark brown. He has a carved wooden body, one wooden lower arm attached to a canvas upper arm; wooden legs, jointed at the knees, and carved boots painted brown. His right arm is missing. He has a black military style hat of fur fabric, topped with a black tassel
Dimensions
  • Puppet height: 28.5cm
  • Puppet and rod height: 67cm
Credit line
Given by the British Puppet and Model Theatre Guild
Object history
A basic puppet which would have been supplied to puppeteers and dressed to suit the individual production
Other number
P.50 - British Puppet and Model Theatre Guild number
Collection
Accession number
S.478-2001

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Record createdSeptember 10, 2004
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