Pinocchio

Boxed string puppet depicting Pinocchio, with articulated wooden body parts decorated with polychrome pigment. The puppet wears a textile costume including red shorts, a white shirt, and a yellow hat. It has vegetable fibre strings and wooden operating bars. The puppet was originally contained in a yellow cardboard box decorated with images of other puppet characters, and the text 'Pelham Puppets, Marlborough Wilts. Hand made puppets for children with fully illustrated instructions. Made in England'.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
2001.425
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
box: 359 mm x 130 mm x 87 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
cardboard; plastic; wood; textile; vegetable fibre; pigment
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
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