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| Collection | Crafts Study Centre | |
| Woodworker | William Simmonds | |
| Description | String pupper, sailor with black hat and red hair bound in black waxed thread with blue ribbon. His black leather hat has a painted metal brim and a black ribbon with a metal buckle around the crown. His has painted lichen hair and a beard, blue and white trousers, black and white stripped shirt, black tie, a blue, double breased jacket with white piping and brass buttons and metal buckles on his shoes. | |
| Id Number Current Accession | 2003.1.10 | |
| Subject | furniture and woodwork, puppet, string puppet | |
| Measurements | 39.5 centimetres | |
| Material | wood | |
| Other Materials | textile, metal, paint | |
| Rights Owner | Managed by the Crafts Study Centre. | |
| Technique | carving | |
| Process | Material construction: carved and painted wood with articulated joint of wire and thread, movement mechanism of black painted cane and wood, strung with waxed thread. | |