Puppet
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Toy Kasperle Theatre glove puppet of a clown with carved and painted wooden face, hands and lower legs. He has a white face, blue eyes, black eyebrows, and a red mouth painted in a close-lipped smile. His conical hat is carved as part of the head and painted mustard yellow. He wears a light cotton tunic patterned with pink and white figures and white birds on a brown background, pink floral patterned cotton sleeves, and multi-coloured patterned cotton trousers. His hands are carved in a very rudimentary way and his knee-length boots are painted black
Object details
Object type | |
Materials and techniques | Carved and painted wood and cotton |
Brief description | Toy Kasperltheater show glove puppet of a clown. German |
Physical description | Toy Kasperle Theatre glove puppet of a clown with carved and painted wooden face, hands and lower legs. He has a white face, blue eyes, black eyebrows, and a red mouth painted in a close-lipped smile. His conical hat is carved as part of the head and painted mustard yellow. He wears a light cotton tunic patterned with pink and white figures and white birds on a brown background, pink floral patterned cotton sleeves, and multi-coloured patterned cotton trousers. His hands are carved in a very rudimentary way and his knee-length boots are painted black |
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Credit line | Given by the British Puppet and Model Theatre Guild |
Other number | P.215d - British Puppet and Model Theatre Guild number |
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Accession number | S.577-2001 |
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Record created | October 14, 2004 |
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