MARIONETTE, Dog

Commercially made marionette. 'Miss Rogers' written in biro on one of the sticks. Head - May be composition, moulded to form features. Has wide jaws, small nose on top, and large brown felt ears, one sticking up, and the other down. The nose area is painted black, under the chin cream and the remainder of the face brown, with the exception of a cream stripe down the front of the face. There is a round brown felt patch on the back of the head, and a red felt mouth or tongue. Body - Made in 12 pieces (including head). Torso is solid wood, made from two flattened spheres stuck together. It is painted brown except for the chest which is cream. The neck is also a flattened sphere shape made of wood and painted cream. It is attached with string to the body. The legs are sausage shaped and appear also to be wood. They are painted brown and attached with string. The feet are hemispherical and wooden and painted cream. Also joined with string. The tail is a short piece of cane, painted brown and attached with string. 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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