String puppet in the form of a male character with a red face, who probably represents a yamen, runner, like a police officer. The yamen was a mandarin's office and residence. The puppet wears a costume consisting of black robe and a red and black surcoat. Decorated with appliqué panels with metallic thread embroidery depicting dragons and symbols. Wooden feet, hands and head covered with plaster and decorated with polychrome pigment. Various strings attached to a wooden suspension bar.
Part of The Louise Tythacott Collection . The Louise Tythacott Collection was compiled as the result of intensive fieldwork over several years in South China and Hong Kong. Ms Tythacott is a Chinese-speaking anthropologist and a museum curator, and was Curator of Ethnography at Liverpool Museum, who was particularly fortunate in developing contacts during the course of her work. Ms Tythacott has also made collections for the Museum of Mankind.
