Puppet
Shadow puppet of a Chinese man, wearing a full-skirted jacket over wide trousers. Originally constructed of eleven pieces of cut card, but lacking the head piece, which was always a separate section, and one shoe which has been torn off. Painted in ochre, red and green, the pieces joined together with knotted string
Object details
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Cut card, watercolour, ink, pencil and string |
| Brief description | Shadow puppet of a Chinese man |
| Physical description | Shadow puppet of a Chinese man, wearing a full-skirted jacket over wide trousers. Originally constructed of eleven pieces of cut card, but lacking the head piece, which was always a separate section, and one shoe which has been torn off. Painted in ochre, red and green, the pieces joined together with knotted string |
| Credit line | Given by the British Puppet and Model Theatre Guild |
| Object history | This puppet is similar in style and size to S.618-2001 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | S.611-2001 |
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| Record created | October 25, 2004 |
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