Puppet
mid 20th century (made)
Artist/Maker |
Small marionette of Columbine. She has carved and painted hands, arms, legs and feet. Her painted face, hair and blue hat are moulded from composition material and there is damage to the paint on the nose and above the mouth. She wears a scarlet synthetic fabric dress trimmed at the cuffs and hem with pink ribbon and held in at her waist with silver braid. Attached to a wooden control bar
Object details
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Materials and techniques | Carved wood, paint, composition, synthetic fabric, ribbon, braid and string |
Brief description | Marionette of Columbine. Mayhew Puppet Theatre. English, mid 20th century |
Physical description | Small marionette of Columbine. She has carved and painted hands, arms, legs and feet. Her painted face, hair and blue hat are moulded from composition material and there is damage to the paint on the nose and above the mouth. She wears a scarlet synthetic fabric dress trimmed at the cuffs and hem with pink ribbon and held in at her waist with silver braid. Attached to a wooden control bar |
Credit line | Given by the British Puppet and Model Theatre Guild |
Object history | This puppet, S.589 - S.591-2001, and S.593-2001 were made for a production called Harlequinade |
Other number | P.264 - British Puppet and Model Theatre Guild number |
Collection | |
Accession number | S.592-2001 |
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Record created | October 18, 2004 |
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