Puppet
mid 20th century (made)
Artist/Maker |
Small marionette of the Clown. He has carved and painted hands, legs and shoes and moulded hair in characteristic 3-pointed clown-style, painted black and integral to the head. He wears a red and white striped jacket with a white ruff of nylon ribbon at his neck, and blue cotton breeches with small and large white dots. Both legs are painted with red and blue patterns over a white base. Attached to a wooden control bar
Object details
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Object type | |
Materials and techniques | Carved wood, paint, composition, cotton, ribbon and string |
Brief description | Marionette of the Clown. Mayhew Puppet Theatre. English, mid 20th century |
Physical description | Small marionette of the Clown. He has carved and painted hands, legs and shoes and moulded hair in characteristic 3-pointed clown-style, painted black and integral to the head. He wears a red and white striped jacket with a white ruff of nylon ribbon at his neck, and blue cotton breeches with small and large white dots. Both legs are painted with red and blue patterns over a white base. Attached to a wooden control bar |
Credit line | Given by the British Puppet and Model Theatre Guild |
Object history | This puppet and S.589 - S.592-2001 were made for a production called Harlequinade |
Other number | P.265 - British Puppet and Model Theatre Guild number |
Collection | |
Accession number | S.593-2001 |
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Record created | October 18, 2004 |
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