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Puppet

Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Costume doll of a woman with black moulded hair decorated with roundels painted with flowers. She wears a turquoise robe with a skirt of tulip-petal shaped panels, trimmed at the neckline, sleeves and skirt panel edges with pink or yellow braid. There is a silver metallic circular panel sewn to the centre of her robe at chest height, and a length of white nylon tassel decorating the robe at the waist. She wears pink cotton trousers and black boots. The head, hands and boots are of painted ceramic


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Costume Doll
  • Headdress
Materials and techniques
Ceramic, paint, fabric, cotton, braid and nylon thread
Brief description
Costume doll of a woman. Chinese
Physical description
Costume doll of a woman with black moulded hair decorated with roundels painted with flowers. She wears a turquoise robe with a skirt of tulip-petal shaped panels, trimmed at the neckline, sleeves and skirt panel edges with pink or yellow braid. There is a silver metallic circular panel sewn to the centre of her robe at chest height, and a length of white nylon tassel decorating the robe at the waist. She wears pink cotton trousers and black boots. The head, hands and boots are of painted ceramic
Dimensions
  • Height: 25cm
Credit line
Given by the British Puppet and Model Theatre Guild
Other number
P.71 - British Puppet and Model Theatre Guild number
Collection
Accession number
S.498-2001

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Record createdSeptember 23, 2004
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