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Two Chinese piano dancers of coloured paper, sticks and rice paste. The vibrations of a piano act on the bristles around the edge of the skirts, making the dolls dance.
Jointed figure of a Chinese mandarin. Clay head is detachable.
Wooden jumping-jack of a donkey, labelled "Sevi, made in Italy".
American jointed figure, "jigging puppet".
An early eighteenth-century puppet of a masked and hooded lady, from a Venetian puppet theatre. String puppet of the simpler kind.
Modern American string puppet of a dandy, "Harry, 1844", from "Sweethearts". Made by Paul McPharlin.
Modern American rod puppets by Marjorie Batchelder [corrected from Paul McPharlin]. 1. Don Quixote. 63.5 cm. 2. Rosinante. 46 cm high. 3. Sancho Panza. 53 cm. 4. Dapple. 35.5 cm high.
Modern American glove-and-rod puppet of Comedy, made by Roy Patton.
Two Mexican string puppets of peasants, a man and a woman.
Three Czech puppets, futuristic in design. Strings to head and hands.