Josephine Baker Marionette
date: label: Date made
content: 1936
name: label: depicted (sitter)
content: Baker, Josephine
label: maker
content: Yale Puppeteers
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This dancing marionette painted black with a blond wig was made by the Yale Puppeteers in 1937 and bears a striking resemblance to the famous exotic dancer, singer, and film star Josephine Baker. Baker made her claim to fame in the United States only after becoming a hit in her adopted city of Paris, France.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Made of wood and paper mache, she is dressed in a red feather trimmed collar, armbands, cuffs, skirt, and anklets with silver-heeled slippers. She is worked with one bar and nine strings.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The Yale Puppetteers became synonomous with the finest accomplishments in puppetry for more than 25 years. She was purchased from the Yale Puppeteers by Hazelle and J. Woodson Rollins, who donated her to the National Museum of American History Collection.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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 Hazelle H. and J. Woodson Rollins
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.1164.06
label: accession number
content: 1979.1164
label: catalog number
content: 1979.1164.06
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Puppet
label: Object Name
content: puppet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper mache (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: feathers (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: string (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 28 in; 71.12 cm