Full Record |
| Collection |
Crafts Study Centre |
| Woodworker |
William Simmonds |
| Description |
String puppet, carter, carved and painted wooden body with articulated joints, stove pipe hat, walking stick and red-and-white striped cravat. |
| Decoration |
Hat made of cardboard painted in gloss black paint. Brown wool hair. Natural cotton smock with smocking front and back. Green leather trousers with decorative stitching. |
| Id Number Current Accession |
2003.1.16 |
| Subject |
furniture and woodwork, puppet, string puppet |
| Measurements |
45 centimetres |
| Rights Owner |
Managed by the Crafts Study Centre. |
| Technique |
carving |
| Process |
Articulated joints use wire and waxed thread.
The operating mechanism is of turned wood and bamboo with waxed thread strings. |
