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Puppet

Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Costume doll of a man wearing a brown painted integral hat trimmed with an ochre coloured head-band, and a shocking pink knee-length jacket decorated at the neck, sleeves and waist with braid. A brown and yellow patterned cotton sash hangs from his waist, decorated with white nylon tassels. He wears turquoise trousers and light turquoise painted boots with white soles. The head, hands and feet are of painted ceramic


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Ceramic, paint, fabric, cotton, braid and nylon thread
Brief description
Costume doll of a man. Chinese
Physical description
Costume doll of a man wearing a brown painted integral hat trimmed with an ochre coloured head-band, and a shocking pink knee-length jacket decorated at the neck, sleeves and waist with braid. A brown and yellow patterned cotton sash hangs from his waist, decorated with white nylon tassels. He wears turquoise trousers and light turquoise painted boots with white soles. The head, hands and feet are of painted ceramic
Dimensions
  • Height: 26cm
Credit line
Given by the British Puppet and Model Theatre Guild
Other number
P.72 - British Puppet and Model Theatre Guild number
Collection
Accession number
S.497-2001

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Record createdSeptember 23, 2004
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