Full Record |
| Collection |
Crafts Study Centre |
| Woodworker |
William Simmonds |
| Description |
String puppet, Classical soldier, carved and painted wooden body and helmet with articulated joints, and linen skirt. |
| Decoration |
Gold-painted shin guards, shoulder plates and helmet. Helmet decorated with red/white ridge with wild boar in black/white to ear flaps. Painted wood tunic with carved wood to represent leather breast plate. Weighted linen skirt. |
| Id Number Current Accession |
2003.1.19 |
| Subject |
furniture and woodwork, puppet, string puppet |
| Measurements |
49 centimetres |
| Rights Owner |
Managed by the Crafts Study Centre. |
| Technique |
carving |
| Process |
Articulated limbs strung with waxed thread. No operating mechanism present. |
