Washerwoman Hand Puppet
date: label: Date made
content: 1862-1975
name: label: associated person
content: Slover, James Henry
label: associated person
content: Slover, Alvin
label: maker; user
content: King, Florence Lorella Slover
label: user
content: Larson, James Willard
label: user
content: Larson, Joyce Dean
label: Maker
content: Slover, James Henry
label: maker
content: King, Florence Lorella Slover
label: Maker
content: Slover, Alvin
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Originally a marionette, this puppet was reworked as a One of five puppets, #2004.0005.12-.16, used in James Henry Slover's play, "Mrs. Berrysnobe's Hotel." In a letter to her cousin, Joyce Larson, March 12, 1977, Florence King wrote: "Did you see 'Roots' on T.V.? ...I knew all that history of course. Some of our 'kinfolks' in Kentucky or Ohio used to have a 'station' on what they called the underground railroad helping runaway slaves escape to the north. Papa [Alvin Slover] told about it but I couldn't remember the details and who or where so never included it in the book." (p. 4)
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
topic: label: Subject
content: Theater, Puppetry
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2004.0005.15
label: accession number
content: 2004.0005
label: catalog number
content: 2004.0005.15
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Puppet
label: Object Name
content: puppet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: synthetic fibers (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 21 1/2 in x 11 in x 3 1/2 in; 54.61 cm x 27.94 cm x 8.89 cm