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Glove Puppet

Artist/Maker

Glove puppet of a Chinese character from a Punch and Judy show with a carved wooden head, hands and feet. His head is bald apart from a tuft of pink horsehair and his head and face are painted green with features delineated in red and black paint. He shows three teeth in his partly-open mouth and there is damage to the nose, hands and one boot. He wears a long robe in metallic thread material of pink and green, with two pleated magenta ribbon trims down the front. The robe is tied at the neck with a purple cotton ribbon. The puppet has a stuffed cotton body and cotton trousers patterned with a floral design in magenta, cream and mauve.

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Brief description
Glove puppet from a Punch and Judy show
Physical description
Glove puppet of a Chinese character from a Punch and Judy show with a carved wooden head, hands and feet. His head is bald apart from a tuft of pink horsehair and his head and face are painted green with features delineated in red and black paint. He shows three teeth in his partly-open mouth and there is damage to the nose, hands and one boot. He wears a long robe in metallic thread material of pink and green, with two pleated magenta ribbon trims down the front. The robe is tied at the neck with a purple cotton ribbon. The puppet has a stuffed cotton body and cotton trousers patterned with a floral design in magenta, cream and mauve.
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Accession number
S.452-1980

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Record createdJuly 1, 2009
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