Marionette

Object number2017.091.0017

Date1920-1929

Mediumwood, metal, textile

DimensionsOther: 4 × 17 in. (10.2 × 43.2 cm)

OriginCzechoslovakia

DescriptionThe marionette of a woman wearing a white blouse with puffed, lace sleeves and a black vest. She also wears a green, pale blue, pale orange, black and cream-colored skirt with a black apron. Orange-yellow thread criss-crosses down the front of the vest. Identical threading runs down either side of the apron with red and green embroidery decorating its center. She has a necklace made of silver snaps around her neck and wears gold heels. Her dark brown hair is pulled back in a bun. She has blue eyes, and red lips and cheeks. A long wire is attached to the top of her head with a wooden mechanism that resembles a crossbow at its top. Black thread connects her 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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