Puppet
ca.1975 (made)
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Glove puppet of the Black Man with carved and painted face and hands, and astrakhan hair. He wears a hat of magenta nylon velvet with a blue synthetic fabric crown, trimmed with silver braid, and a robe with a front panel of ivory synthetic material and a back panel patterned in ochre, brown, yellow and orange fabric, trimmed at the neck with gold braid. A length of black braid with a gold key pattern runs down the centre front of his robe
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Carved wood, paint, astrakhan fabric, nylon velvet, synthetic fabric and braid |
| Brief description | Glove puppet of the Black Man. Tickner Exemplary Punch and Judy figure, made by Fred Tickner. English, ca.1975 |
| Physical description | Glove puppet of the Black Man with carved and painted face and hands, and astrakhan hair. He wears a hat of magenta nylon velvet with a blue synthetic fabric crown, trimmed with silver braid, and a robe with a front panel of ivory synthetic material and a back panel patterned in ochre, brown, yellow and orange fabric, trimmed at the neck with gold braid. A length of black braid with a gold key pattern runs down the centre front of his robe |
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| Credit line | Given by the British Puppet and Model Theatre Guild |
| Object history | One of a set of Punch and Judy figures made by the puppet maker, Fred Tickner and presented to the British Puppet and Model Theatre Guild as an exemplar |
| Other number | P.15 - British Puppet and Model Theatre Guild number |
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| Accession number | S.559-2001 |
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| Record created | October 7, 2004 |
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