MARIONETTE, father

Male puppet, the father,(see H88/788 & 789, daughter and mother). Body - Head made from wooden ball, covered in modelling clay, shaped nose, eyes and mouth, painted features, one ear patched with plasticine. Limbs made from wooden dowels, joined together with metal rings, and move in any direction. Body is flat wooden block, stuffed with material. Consists of 14 pieces, head, body, 2 upper arms, 2 fore arms, 2 hands, 2 upper legs, 2 lower legs, 2 shoes covered in red felt. Hands are made from match sticks covered in elastoplast. Strings are attached to head, shoulders, hands, and knees. Clothes - Yellow shirt, wide red collar decorated with gold sequins and a brass stud, long green trousers, red felt shoes with yellow buttons. 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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