Hand Puppet

puppet

Name/Title

Hand Puppet

Entry/Object ID

2003.75

Description

Clown puppet with a Styrofoam head. The body is made from alternating solid green cotton and white cotton sprigged with green and orange, as is the stuffed pointed hat. There is a white ruff around the neck. The face is painted with eyes, eyebrows, and a red mouth, along with two red dots on the cheeks and blue on the forehead and nose.

Context

Made by Della Easton of Corinth, Vermont

Acquisition

Accession

2003.75

Source or Donor

Easton, Penelope

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Artist

Easton, Della May Donnocker (1891-1986)

Date made

circa 1960

Place

Town

Corinth

County

Orange County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Puppet, Hand

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Puppet

Nomenclature Class

Public Entertainment Devices

Nomenclature Category

Category 09: Recreational Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Length

14-1/2 in

Material

Cotton, Cardboard