puppet

Puppet of a male civil official dressed in formal court attire. His head, hat, hands and feet are made of painted clay and the torso and limbs are shaped with padded fabric. He is depicted wearing a black court hat embellished with red silk threads and a dark satin outer robe with a central front opening and rank badges sewn on the front and back. The robe is lined with pale blue cotton and worn over a long inner robe and trousers made of blue damask. His boots are black with white soles.
label: written in black ink

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
nn6412
Date
20th century
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 285 mm x 143 mm x 53 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
textile; wood; clay; silk; paint; cotton
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
In storage
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