Paper pattern for making puppet? Made from tracing paper. The shapes have been drawn on the paper in pencil and cut out around the edges. a. Envelope in which pieces were contained. 'Flannel Graph-/ Mice.' written on the front in black ink. The envelope is addressed to 'Miss F Rogers / 75 Glendower St / Perth' and is postmarked 'PAID AT NORTH PERTH / -- 23NO59 / WEST AUST'. b. Mouse with one prominent hand with four fingers. Mouth open band drawn around head below ears. Standing on two legs, facing away. It has no tail. c. Trousers for b. Because body is much longer than legs they appear to be all body. They are meant to be short trousers d. Top of garment. Has one sleeve because the other arm is obscured. The back comes to two points. Both garments and mouse are very similar to those in e. e. Drawing of mouse on a piece of tracing paper. It is in the same pose as b. above ie. turned partly away. It has a long thin tail and an eye is drawn in. There is no band around the head as in b. The costume is drawn on and is the same as c. and d. Additionally it has plain 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 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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History Collection
Collection Item Data
| Accession Number: | H1989.306 |
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| Accession Date: | 2 May 1989 |
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