Peasant lady glove puppet
Puppet
mid 20th century (made)
mid 20th century (made)
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Glove puppet of a peasant lady with a painted papier maché head attached to a torso of white cotton. She has a painted face and features, black button eyes, leather eyelashes and burgundy string corded hair. She wears a white cotton blouse decorated on the front and around the collar with red cotton braid, and a loose-weaved red cotton pleated overskirt with yellow and blue stripes. She wears an apron decorated with a rose motif of appliqué red, yellow and blue braid. Her hands are of padded pink stockingette
Object details
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Object type | |
Title | Peasant lady glove puppet (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Papier maché, paint, cotton, buttons, leather, string, braid, stockingette and padding material |
Brief description | Glove puppet of a peasant lady. Eastern European, mid 20th century |
Physical description | Glove puppet of a peasant lady with a painted papier maché head attached to a torso of white cotton. She has a painted face and features, black button eyes, leather eyelashes and burgundy string corded hair. She wears a white cotton blouse decorated on the front and around the collar with red cotton braid, and a loose-weaved red cotton pleated overskirt with yellow and blue stripes. She wears an apron decorated with a rose motif of appliqué red, yellow and blue braid. Her hands are of padded pink stockingette |
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Credit line | Given by the British Puppet and Model Theatre Guild |
Production | probably Eastern European |
Other number | P.122 - British Puppet and Model Theatre Guild number |
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Accession number | S.543-2001 |
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Record created | October 5, 2004 |
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