Marionette

Object number2017.091.0016

Date1920-1929

Mediumwood, metal, textile

DimensionsOther: 3 × 16.75 in. (7.6 × 42.5 cm)

OriginCzechoslovakia

DescriptionThe marionette of a man wearing a white shirt and mustard pants. A pale pink ribbon is tied around neck. He has bright blue legs and mustard shoes, along with a mustard hat with a red bottom. He has brown hair with another hat carved over most of it. His eyes are blue, and he has red cheeks and lips curled into a creepy smile. A long wire is attached to the top of his head with a wooden mechanism that resembles a crossbow at its top. Black thread connects his arms and legs to the controls at the top of the wire.

Credit LineGift in honor of Frankie King and Marcia DyKema Gift in memory of Eleanor Larsen, John and Florence Kvasnicka

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