Puppet
mid 20th century (made)
| Place of origin |
Glove puppet of a peasant girl with a painted papier maché head attached to a torso of cream artificial satin. She has pink painted round cheeks, yellow painted moulded hair, faceted bead eyes and red bead mouth. She wears a blue artifical satin headscarf, a velvet panelled skirt in light blue, plum and orange-pink, decorated with dull gold satin ribbons and white braid, and two cream calico flounced petticoats, edged in cotton lace
Object details
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Papier maché, paint, synthetic satin, velvet, calico, cotton lace, beads, satin ribbons and braid |
| Brief description | Glove puppet of a peasant girl. Eastern European, mid 20th century |
| Physical description | Glove puppet of a peasant girl with a painted papier maché head attached to a torso of cream artificial satin. She has pink painted round cheeks, yellow painted moulded hair, faceted bead eyes and red bead mouth. She wears a blue artifical satin headscarf, a velvet panelled skirt in light blue, plum and orange-pink, decorated with dull gold satin ribbons and white braid, and two cream calico flounced petticoats, edged in cotton lace |
| Credit line | Given by the British Puppet and Model Theatre Guild |
| Production | probably Eastern European |
| Other number | P.133 - British Puppet and Model Theatre Guild number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | S.541-2001 |
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| Record created | October 5, 2004 |
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