Marionette of a peasant woman
Puppet
mid 20th century (made)
mid 20th century (made)
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Marionette of a dejected peasant woman with carved and painted wooden face, legs and shoes. She has a carved jointed wooden torso and wooden hands. She wears a dark gold headscarf with a border pattern in brown, green and magenta, and a beige cotton blouse with a row of yellow buttons at the front, over which is a chestnut brown waistcoat. She has a calf-length mustard yellow linen skirt trimmed with salmon pink ribbon, a pale orange flannelette petticoat and her legs and shoes are painted ochre. Without strings or controls
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Title | Marionette of a peasant woman (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Carved wood, paint, cotton, linen, flannelette, buttons and ribbon |
Brief description | Marionette of a dejected peasant woman, made by H. W. Whanslaw. English, mid 20th century |
Physical description | Marionette of a dejected peasant woman with carved and painted wooden face, legs and shoes. She has a carved jointed wooden torso and wooden hands. She wears a dark gold headscarf with a border pattern in brown, green and magenta, and a beige cotton blouse with a row of yellow buttons at the front, over which is a chestnut brown waistcoat. She has a calf-length mustard yellow linen skirt trimmed with salmon pink ribbon, a pale orange flannelette petticoat and her legs and shoes are painted ochre. Without strings or controls |
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Credit line | Given by the British Puppet and Model Theatre Guild |
Other number | P.206 - British Puppet and Model Theatre Guild number |
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Accession number | S.553-2001 |
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Record created | October 6, 2004 |
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