Bert Puppet
date: label: date made
content: 1969
name: label: performer
content: Oz, Frank
label: performer
content: Jacobson, Eric
label: maker
content: Henson, Jim
label: maker
content: Sahlin, Don
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Bert is a hand-rod puppet originally performed by Frank Oz and currently performed by Eric Jacobson. In a hand-rod puppet, like Bert, the performer’s dominant hand goes into the puppet’s head and operates the mouth and sometimes other facial features. The less dominant hand controls the arm rods, which are thin rods connected to the puppet’s hands. Bert lives on Sesame Street with his best friend and roommate Ernie. He has a serious personality and a pet pigeon named Bernice. Bert, with Ernie, has been a part of <i>Sesame Street</i> since the first test pilot episodes and the premier in 1969, and this puppet is the original Bert used for those pilot episodes.
topic: label: Subject
content: Sesame Street
label: Subject
content: Children's television programs
label: Subject
content: Puppetry
label: Subject
content: Television
label: Subject
content: Television broadcasts
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
label: See more items in
content: Jim Henson
label: Exhibition
content: Entertainment Nation
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
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: 2013.0101.13
label: accession number
content: 2013.0101
label: catalog number
content: 2013.0101.13
objectType: label: Object Name
content: puppet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: foam (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: felt (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 23 1/2 in x 23 in x 9 in; 59.69 cm x 58.42 cm x 22.86 cm