Cloth and wood puppet of a male figure. Head is wood, with white face and painted eyes, brows, mouth and hair. Long mustache and beard of plastic fibres emerge. Figure wears a tunic of patchwork fabrics in blue, red, green and pink, with a stripe of shiny red around neck to waist. Under this are padded legs attached to black and white boots that show under the tunic. Arms are held outstretched, with wooden hands attached. Thumb is stationary, while fingers are able to bend and flex as a group. Puppet can be controlled by inserting hand up the back of tunic to a hole in head and spaces along arms.

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• Type of Item puppet
• Culture Chinese
• Material cotton fibre, wood, synthetic fibre, plastic, paint
• Measurements height 36.5 cm, width 31.5 cm, depth 5.0 cm (overall)

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• Previous Owner Erika Gerson
• Received from Erika Gerson

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• Made in China

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• Creation Date before 1985
• Ownership Date before June 11, 2014
• Acquisition Date on June 11, 2014

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• Condition good
• Accession Number 3065/0022