Head - Composition with moulded features. Red lips, blue eyes. Artificial yellow hair. Face painted pink. Body - 15 pieces. Arms and legs jointed dowel. Hands composition. Wooden feet painted silver. Clothes - Blue dress with puff sleeves and panel with white embroidery down front. Braid around neck and waist. Felt insert over hips to push dress out. The entire collection of marionettes and puppets, which includes 31 marionettes, 26 hand puppets (glove and rod), 20 puppet heads, 9 hand sticks, 3 stick dolls and a travelling stage, were used, and many were made, by Miss Frances Rogers. Miss Rogers, born on 19 Oct 1904, went to teacher's college in 1930 and joined the Education Department of WA in 1934. Between 1934 and her retirement in 1967, she taught at various country schools, took special classed for deaf and dumb children in Mosman Park, and classes for mentally and physically disabled children in Leederville. She used the puppets as teaching aids for the disabled children. One of the puppet bags, H89.54, is labelled "Millar's Daughter / Blue Belle". See H88.788 for Millar's Daughter.
Department:
History DepartmentCollection
History Collection
Collection Item Data
| Accession Number: | H1989.151 |
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| Accession Date: | 2 Mar 1989 |
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Material
| Hair/Hair | Fabric, composition, wood, artificial hair, felt, string, rubber, metal, braid, paint.
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Measurement
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