Devil Hand Puppet
date: label: Date made
content: 1862-1975
name: label: maker; user
content: Slover, James Henry
label: user
content: Slover, Alvin
label: 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
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One of five hand puppets, #2004.0005.12-.16, used in James Henry Slover's play, "Mrs. Berrysnobe's Hotel." This is an original puppet made by Henry Slover and refurbished by his grandaughterdevil iFlorence Slover King.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Henry Slover served in 1the Army in 1862 at Ft. Snelling, Minnesota. It is said by family members that he carved his first wooden puppets to entertain the Union troops though the donor believes this puppet was carved earlier and that the marionettes he made in the French tradition of his grandfather, Pierre Ravelle,
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: 2004.0005.13
label: accession number
content: 2004.0005
label: catalog number
content: 2004.0005.13
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Puppet w/ Accessories
label: Object Name
content: puppet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: synthetic fibers (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wire (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: hair (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper foil (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: adhesive tape (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 25 1/2 in x 11 in x 5 in; 64.77 cm x 27.94 cm x 12.7 cm