Teto the Clown Marionette
date: label: Date made
content: 1950
name: label: user
content: Rollins, Hazelle H.
label: maker
content: Rollins, Hazelle H.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Teto the Clown marionette dates from the 1950s and is made of tenite plastic. He is dressed in a red and white polka dot cotton suit and matching hat and is controlled using a seven string, airplane control.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Teto the Clown was created by puppeteer Hazelle Hedges Rollins. Rollins trained with Tony Sarg and is the creator of over 300 string, hand, and finger puppet characters. She holds four patents in the puppetry field, including the airplane control marionette that revolutionized the movement of the puppet and is used with Teto the Clown. By 1975, Hazelle Inc was the world's largest exclusive manufacturer of marionettes, hand, and finger puppets.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Missouri, Kansas City
label: made at
content: United States: Missouri, Kansas City
topic: label: general subject association
content: Puppetry
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
label: See more items in
content: Puppets
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gene and Nancy R. Krupa
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.1085.06
label: accession number
content: 1981.1085
label: catalog number
content: 1981.1085.06
objectType: label: Object Name
content: puppet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic, tenite (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: string (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall (without strings): 14 1/2 in x 5 in x 2 1/2 in; 36.83 cm x 12.7 cm x 6.35 cm