Puppet, Hand

Object Name:

Puppet, Hand

Object ID:

1960.014.02.4

Description:

Punch and Judy puppet. Wood and textile. Mother of Pearl. Unknown metal, possibly brass. Female head of wood, with conically-wrapped hair, pointed up towards back. Hair over forehead and over ears, draping down behind ears. Painted eyebrows, eyelashes, blue eyes with dark pupils, lacrimal caruncle center of eyes, rosy cheeks, painted lips. End of nose broken off. Some of high points on hair worn off. Neck swells slightly. Hollow with hollow cone inside for finger. Swells slightly round base of neck, all the way around. Long, faded purple dress wrapped around tightly around base of neck, allowing head to rotate. Green and red floral design on off-white background strip around waist with bow with long tails hanging down in front. Tails sewn to dress. Horizontal waistband sewn to dress. Wooden arms and hands. Arms straight sections from elbow to tip of fingers. Fingers slightly sculpted with slightly separated thumb on hands. Hands rotate inside of cloth sleeve. Little bit of cuff on each sleeve of same fabric as waistband. Pinkish color to left hand. Pink hand appears to be proper left hand. Right hand more white and appears to be left hand on right side. Both rotate and sleeves keep them from falling out or in. Dress bottom appears to be selvage edge. Seam up left side of dress. Two-inch wide strip of cloth under dress attached at waistband, extending to about 1.5" to bottom of dress. Loose with metal disc ~1.2" diameter sewn into a pocket at bottom edge. Not ferrous. Carved Mother-of Pearl button behind bow inside dress. Four holes in center in square configuration. Repetitive, carved design of perhaps abstract blossoms around edge of button. Additional piece of wood inside neck of head glued into place that decreases size of conical hole.

Material:

Wood
Textile
Mother-of-Pearl
Metal
Brass

Dimensions:

H-16.7 W-11 D-4 inches

Credit Line:

Gift of Robert D. Jameson

Subjects:

Puppets