Marionette

Object number2017.091.0019

Date1920-1929

Mediumwood, metal, textile

DimensionsOther: 4.5 × 18.5 in. (11.4 × 47 cm)

OriginCzechoslovakia

DescriptionThe marionette of a woman wearing a black skirt with an ecru, cream and brick red striped apron. There is a cream, brown and green print on her blouse. She wears a black headscarf and mustard shoes. She has dark grey eyebrows and hair with dark eyes and salmon lips. 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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