Male marionette, "Rumplestiltskin", one of the puppet bags is labelled "Rumplestiltskin Dwarf". Body - Head made from papier mache covered in modelling clay, with moulded hair, eyebrows, nose and mouth. Limbs made from wooden dowels, jointed together with metal rings. Consists of 15 pieces, head, shoulders, 2 upper arms, 2 fore arms, 2 hands, hips, thighs, 2 upper legs, 2 lower legs, 2 feet. Strings attached to head, hands and knees. Clothes - Brown velvet shirt, red velvet waistcoat decorated with a border of beads, green cotton clock with border of gold thread and little gems, yellow nylon ruff which fastens with a gem, brown velvet hat with red ruby at front, long blue corduroy trousers, plastic yellow doll's shoes. 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.
Department:
History DepartmentCollection
History Collection
Collection Item Data
| Accession Number: | H1988.791 |
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| Accession Date: | 29 Dec 1988 |
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Material
| Plaster/Stone | Plaster, wood, paint, metal rings, cotton, velvet, corduroy, gold thread, little beads and gems, strings.
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Measurement
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