Czech rod puppet
Puppet
ca.1930 (made)
ca.1930 (made)
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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
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Title | Czech 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 |
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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 |
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Accession number | S.478-2001 |
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Record created | September 10, 2004 |
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