Wooden skeleton puppet

Object/Artifact

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El Camino College Anthropology Museum

Name/Title

Wooden skeleton puppet

Entry/Object ID

E-340

Description

A white bone colored wooden skeleton with working joints. There is red detailing in the eye sockets, ear holes, mouth openings, down the sternum, pelvis, and lightly painted most of the body. There is black drawn detailing where bones would be. The hallow ribcage and pelvis has blue string running through it. The blue string is visible at shoulder joints and outside hip joints. All the joints are in working order.

Collection

El Camino College Anthropology Museum

Category

Ethnography
Anthropology

Acquisition

Accession

22.01.17

Ethnography

Cultural Region

* Untyped Cultural Region

Mexico

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Location

Bottom of pelvis

Transcription

Joe Holiday, No. Mexico

Dimensions

Height

26-1/2 in

Width

10 in

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Notes

There is dust and worn off paint all over the puppet. The backside is more worn than the front side, bottoms of the feet have little to no paint. There is a break at the left ankle, chip on the left and right knee, a break at the right elbow. the knee and elbow joints are very worn. Small chips on the left shin, a small crack on the inner left shin.