Marionette of a peasant woman
Puppet
mid 20th century (made)
mid 20th century (made)
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Marionette of a peasant woman with carved and painted wooden face, legs and shoes. She has a carved jointed wooden torso and papier maché hands, the fingers made over a wire and fabric armature. She wears a headscarf, patterned in brown, orange, beige, yellow, white and green, and a yellow cotton blouse over which is a black stockingette jacket trimmed with yellow Russia braid. She has a black and white striped cotton sash and a calf-length olive green skirt of a light wool fabric which has suffered moth damage. She has a multi-coloured cotton petticoat and her legs and shoes are painted black. Without strings or controls
Object details
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Title | Marionette of a peasant woman (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Carved wood, paint, papier maché, wire, cotton, wool, stockingette, and Russia braid |
Brief description | Marionette of a peasant woman, made by H. W. Whanslaw. English, mid 20th century |
Physical description | Marionette of a peasant woman with carved and painted wooden face, legs and shoes. She has a carved jointed wooden torso and papier maché hands, the fingers made over a wire and fabric armature. She wears a headscarf, patterned in brown, orange, beige, yellow, white and green, and a yellow cotton blouse over which is a black stockingette jacket trimmed with yellow Russia braid. She has a black and white striped cotton sash and a calf-length olive green skirt of a light wool fabric which has suffered moth damage. She has a multi-coloured cotton petticoat and her legs and shoes are painted black. Without strings or controls |
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Credit line | Given by the British Puppet and Model Theatre Guild |
Other number | P.251 - British Puppet and Model Theatre Guild number |
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Accession number | S.552-2001 |
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Record created | October 6, 2004 |
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