Water puppet (mua roi nuoc) of a fairy character. Puppet carved from wood, with a white face, carved facial features emphasized with paint, a crown of painted petals in gold, red and green, and long gold and red earrings. She wears a full length robe with decorated shoulders and layered skirts, with a long gold and green panel at front. The puppet’s arms are wood, covered with wide sleeves of white polyester edged with coloured sequins. They are lifted by pulling on a thin plastic tube that emerges from the base.

Water puppet (mua roi nuoc) of a fairy character. Puppet carved from wood, with a white face, carved facial features emphasized with paint, a crown of painted petals in gold, orange and green, and long gold and orange earrings. She wears a full length robe with decorated shoulders and layered skirts, with a long panel and bow at front. The puppet’s arms are wood, covered with wide sleeves of white polyester edged with coloured sequins. They are lifted by pulling on a thin plastic tube that emerges from the base.

Water puppet (mua roi nuoc) of a fairy character. Puppet carved from wood with a white face, carved facial features emphasized with paint, a crown of painted petals in gold, red and green, and long gold and red earrings. She wears a full length robe with decorated shoulders and layered skirts, with a wooden bow at front. The puppet’s arms are wood covered with wide sleeves of white polyester edged with coloured sequins. They are lifted by pulling on a thin plastic tube that emerges from the base.

Water puppet (mua roi nuoc) of a fairy character. Puppet carved from wood, with a white face, carved facial features emphasized with paint, a crown of painted petals in gold, red and green, and long gold and red earrings. She wears a full length robe with decorated shoulders and layered skirts, with a wooden bow at front. The puppet’s arms are wood covered with wide sleeves of white polyester edged with coloured sequins. They are lifted by pulling on a thin plastic tube that emerges from the base.

Water puppet (mua roi nuoc) of a princess character. Puppet carved from wood, with a white face, carved facial features emphasized with paint, a crown of painted petals in gold, red and green, and long gold and red earrings. She wears a full length robe with decorated shoulders and an elaborate belt with leaf panels at each side and a long layered panel at front. The puppet’s arms are wood covered with long, wide sleeves of blue polyester. Thin plastic tube emerges from the base, likely used to lift the arms at one time.

Small carved face is wide and oval in shape, with a protruding nose over an open mouth with carved teeth top and bottom. Eyes are oblong, with small round pupils incised at top. Brows are heavy and have remnants of black paint on sides. Two small holes are bored through the wood below centre at each edge. Back is concave with a group of faded black lines running horizontally in the top section.

Water puppet (mua roi nuoc) of a princess character. Puppet consists of the body (part a) and separated head (part b). Carved from wood, the puppet has a white face, carved facial features emphasized with paint, a crown of painted petals in gold with a green forehead ring, and long gold and red earrings. She wears a full length robe with decorated shoulders and chest, tiered colourful skirts and a long layered panel and bow at front. The puppet’s arms and hands are wood, covered with long sleeves of blue polyester. Arms are lifted by pulling on a thin plastic tube that emerges from the base.