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| 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. | |