Marionette, Yotthe
19th century
Place of origin |
A female figure, perhaps a princess. The flesh parts are of white cotton, with the features stitched in black and red cotton. The hair is of black paper. The costume cossets of a white net jacket, a long yellow cotton apron ornamented with silver tinsel and spangles and edged with green paper; and a skirt of the same material posted with rows of zig zag strips of white paper to imitate luntaya silks. The turban-like hat is of pink cotton cloth and dark blue cotton threads. The arms are jointed and are worked by cotton pulling- strings
Object details
Object type | |
Materials and techniques | Cloth, silver, tinsel, spangles |
Physical description | A female figure, perhaps a princess. The flesh parts are of white cotton, with the features stitched in black and red cotton. The hair is of black paper. The costume cossets of a white net jacket, a long yellow cotton apron ornamented with silver tinsel and spangles and edged with green paper; and a skirt of the same material posted with rows of zig zag strips of white paper to imitate luntaya silks. The turban-like hat is of pink cotton cloth and dark blue cotton threads. The arms are jointed and are worked by cotton pulling- strings |
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Credit line | Given by Lt Col C.H. Sheppard, 37 Queen's Gate Gardens, S.W.7 |
Collection | |
Accession number | IM.146-1921 |
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Record created | June 12, 2009 |
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