MARIONETTE, Doctor

Male marionette, the doctor. Body - Head made from clay slip, well defined features, eyebrows, eyes, cheeks, mouth painted, grey steel wool hair. Limbs made from wooden dowels, consist of 14 pieces, shoulders, 2 upper arms, 2 lower arms, 2 hands, hips, 2 thighs, 2 lower legs, 2 shoes. All limbs are loosely jointed and can move in any direction, strings are attached to head, shoulders, hands and knees. Clothes - White surgical coat, black trousers. 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 classes 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.

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