String Puppet Item Number: Eh160 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Three-dimensional male humanoid puppet: head with purple dyed plant fibre for hair (part b) fits into body clothed in multicoloured shirt and pants (part a). The body has jointed arms and legs. The figure is clothed in a beaded v-neck shirt with long pink sleeves and loose fitting pants with cinched waist and ankles; shirt is tucked into a black and gold beaded belt. Figure's face is painted yellow with black eyebrows, eyes, protruding ears, a red mouth and a fibrous black moustache; figure wears a head wrap made from pink, green and grey floral fabric. Both hands are open, with painted pink skin and white nails. Feet are shod in wooden slippers with curled toes. Puppet is attached to thin white cords tied to wooden sticks.