Teto the Clown Marionette
date: label: Date made
content: 1928
name: label: user
content: Rollins, Hazelle H.
label: maker
content: Rollins, Hazelle H.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One of Hazelle Rollins favorite characters, this puppet is an early version of Teto the Clown, made in 1928. The marionette's head is made of clay with finely painted features, black yarn hair, and a pointed red and white cotton hat. He has wooden hands, jointed legs and feet, and is dressed in a red and white cotton suit with a large ruffled collar and cuffs. There are three tiny bells that jingle when he moves. He is controlled with eight strings.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Hazelle Rollins was a puppeteer who trained with Tony Sarg and is the creator of over 300 string, hand, and finger puppets. By 1975, Hazelle Inc was the world's largest exclusive manufacturer of marionette, hand, and finger puppets. She holds four patents in the puppetry field, including the airplane control marionette that is easy to manipulate.
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
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Puppets
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Gene and Nancy R. Krupa
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.1085.07
label: accession number
content: 1981.1085
label: catalog number
content: 1981.1085.07
objectType: label: Object Name
content: puppet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: clay (overall material)
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content: string (overall material)
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content: paint (overall material)
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content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 in x 5 in x 4 in; 40.64 cm x 12.7 cm x 10.16 cm