GLOVE PUPPET, Cat

The whole puppet is sewn from artificial fur with stuffing at the paws and head. Head - Face is cream coloured fur with green artificial eyes and pink stitching for the nose. The ears are cream on the front and tabby (cream and grey background with black stripes) on the back. The head is stuffed with what appears to be wood shavings. A cardboard cylinder forms the neck with the bottom end open. A cardboard collar around the cylinder closes off the head. Body - The front of the cat is cream coloured and the back tabby, except for the legs which are cream on both sides. There are only the two front legs. The inside of the puppet has 'KATHLEEN VAN.....'? written in biro. 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.

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