ROD PUPPET, old lady

Female rod puppet, old lady. Copy of puppet made by Effinova, famous Russian nineteenth dramatist. Made by Miss Rogers. Papier mache head, with moulded features, big eyebrows, lips and ears, green eyes, white hair. Head attached to shoulder piece on wooden rod. Arms made from jointed wooden dowels, wire hands covered in elastoplast. Metal rods attached to hands to move them in any direction Clothes - Long crepe de chine garment with blue, purple and grey feathers on white background, silver sequins around cuffs. 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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