Marionette
Category
Toys
Date
Unknown
Materials
Composition, fabric, wood and wire
Measurements
Marionette - 100 mm (height), Piece of wood - 200 mm (length)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 666340
Summary
A small marionette monkey with a composition face painted red, white and black. It has a composition body with blue fabric arms and red fabric legs. Brown real fur is glued to the front of the monkey's body. Attached to his right arm is a composition mask painted blue, red, white and black. It has a sad face, bulbous eyes and nose. The monkey is attached via a piece of string through the top of its head to a 'T' shaped piece of wood. The mask is attached to another piece of string which runs through a wire loop on one side of the monkey's head. There is another wire loop on the other side of his head. One piece of string attached to the 'T' shaped piece of wood is detached from the marionette.