Name/Title
Clippo marionette and instruction booklet, c. 1930sEntry/Object ID
1986.54.64Description
ACC. NO. 86.54.64, A, B
SUBJECT CATEGORY: TOYS
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA 1930's
OBJECT: MARIONETTE, STRING
DESCRIPTION:
A.
STRING MARIONETTE, WITH HAND-PAINTED COMPOSITION FACE, HANDS, AND FEET. MARIONETTE IN THE FORM OF A CLOWN. HAS ITS ORIGINAL CLOTHING, CONSISTING OF A ONE-PIECE COSTUME IN RED-COLORED COTTON, WITH WINE-COLORED POLKA DOTS. ATTACHED TO THE COSTUME IS THE ORIGINAL SILK LABEL, STATING, "CLIPPO, COPYRIGHTED 1936, EFFANBEE." ORIGINAL PRICE TAG IS ATTACHED TO THE COLLAR WITH A LABEL STATING, "THE WHITE HOUSE, $2.95." MARIONETTE IS SUPPORTED BY BLACKCOLORED STRINGS WHICH ARE ATTACHED TO TWO WOODEN PEGS.
SIZE: L 29"
B.
INSTRUCTION BOOKLET, SOFT COVER, WITH COVER DESIGN IN BLACKAND RED-COLORED TYPE, FEATURING A CLOWN CARTOON IN BOLD-PRINTED CAPTION, "CLIPPO," ON A YELLOW-COLORED BACKGROUND.
SIZE: L 9" X W 6"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
CLOWN MARIONETTE AND ORIGINAL OPERATIONAL SCRIPT. MANUFACTURED BY EFFANBEE COMPANY, PROLIFIC MANUFACTURER OF DOLLS. THIS PARTICULAR MARIONETTE WAS USED BY THE LATE DORIS GOODMAN, ACTRESS, WHO PERFORMED FOR GROUPS OF CHILDREN.
ACQUIRED FROM: DORIS H. GOODMAN,
DONATED: AUGUST 30, 1986
CATALOGED: MARCH 21, 1998
