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"De Neus" (The Nose)

"De Neus" (The Nose), one of three clown characters from the Antwerp puppet theatre. Formerly used by M. Ludovic Deschamps, director of the Caveau de la rue des Cerceaux, Antwerp. Of the simpler kind of string puppet: eyelets for vertical rods on head and right hand.

Seven string puppets

String puppets of papier-mâché by Rosalynde Osborne Stearn. 1. Maggie Tosh, Aberdeen fishwife. 46 cm.

  1. Oriental dancer. 41 cm.
  2. Harry Lauder. 41 cm.
  3. Humpty-Dumpty. 38 cm.
  4. Alice in Wonderland. 30 cm.
  5. Juggler. 41 cm.
  6. Weight-lifter. 43 cm.

Two Chinese piano dancers

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.

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