urSol the Chanter Mystic Puppet Head from <i>The Dark Crystal</i>
date: label: date made
content: ca 1980
name: label: maker
content: Henson, Jim
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This is the head of the urSol puppet from the 1982 film <i>The Dark Crystal</i>. urSol the Chanter is part of the urRu, or Mystic, race which are slow-moving, peaceful creatures. The mystics are the counterparts to the Skeksis. They are philosophers who hold the mystical wisdom of their world. urSol the Chanter has a light gentle voice for speech and a deep resonate voice for song. He believes that music is powerful because it is the most fleeting form of sculpture.</p>
label: Description
content: <p> The elongated wrinkled puppet head is made of foam and latex. It is painted in soft brown tones with sleepy shrouded eyes with soft wisps of brown and gray hair on either side of the head. The Mystic puppets were built as several different components that could be connected with Velcro. This meant that the puppet could be disassembled into various parts, allowing the puppeteer to only use the head section of the puppet when filming a close-up scene without being burdened by the weight of the entire body section of the puppet.</p>
label: Description
content: <p><i>The Dark Crystal</i> was a fantasy film directed by Jim Henson and Frank Oz and released in 1982. The film was made entirely with the use of puppets and features no human actors. In the film, two members of the Gelfling race, Jen and Kira, go on a journey to return a lost shard of the dark crystal in order to defeat the evil Skeksis and restore balance to the planet Thra before it is too late.<p>
topic: label: Subject
content: Dark Crystal
label: Subject
content: Motion Pictures
label: Subject
content: Puppetry
label: Subject
content: Movie
label: Subject
content: Entertainment, Film
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Jim Henson
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content: Movie Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the Family of Jim Henson: Lisa Henson, Cheryl Henson, Brian Henson, John Henson and Heather Henson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2013.0101.18
label: accession number
content: 2013.0101
label: catalog number
content: 2013.0101.18
objectType: label: Object Name
content: puppet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (eyes material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: hair (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wire (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: latex (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 32 in x 28 in x 59 in; 81.28 cm x 71.12 cm x 149.86 cm