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Rowing Boat, puppet

Glove Puppet
1969 (made)
Artist/Maker
Polka Theatre (designed for)
Elizabeth Waghorn (maker)
Richard Gill (director)
Nicola Howard-Jones (maker)
Place of origin
United Kingdom (made)

Glove puppet representing a rowing boat
One piece glove puppet
A puppet theatre prop representing a rowing boat.



Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Puppetry
Object type
Glove Puppet
TitleRowing Boat, puppet (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Paint
Wood
Decorated
Sewn
Painted
Brief description
Rowing Boat, glove puppet designed by Elizabeth Waghorn and carved by Beverley Coleclough and Nicola Howard-Jones for the Polka Theatre in 1969 for the Troy production. Written and directed by Richard Gill.
Physical description
Glove puppet representing a rowing boat
One piece glove puppet
A puppet theatre prop representing a rowing boat.

Dimensions
  • From the top of the head to the bottom height: 22cm
  • Width: 79cm
Credit line
Lanchester Collection
Literary reference
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.1107-2011

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Record createdMarch 21, 2012
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1244995/rowing-boat-puppet-glove-puppet-elizabeth-waghorn/
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