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| 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. | |