Marionette

Object number2017.091.0018

Date1920-1929

Mediumwood, metal, textile

DimensionsOther: 4 × 19 in. (10.2 × 48.3 cm)

OriginCzechoslovakia

DescriptionThe marionette of a man wearing tan and black plaid pants, a brown and green plaid shirt, and a red vest. He has red legs and black heels. He is bald with dark grey hair around the back of his head and a short line on its top. There is a small goatee on his pronounced chin. He has a very long, pointy nose. His eyes are dark, and he has red lips, cheeks and nose. 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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