Hand from a Mystic Puppet from <i>The Dark Crystal</i>
date: label: date made
content: ca 1980
name: label: Associated Name
content: Henson, Jim
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>This is a hand from a Mystic puppet from <i>The Dark Crystal</i>. The urRu, or Mystic, race are slow-moving, peaceful creatures. They are the counterparts to the Skeksis. The Mystics are philosophers who hold the mystical wisdom of their world. This hand has a plastic and metal structure that is covered in a latex foam material. The hand has a leather strap in the palm that was used in filming to make it appear that the puppet was holding a small wooden paddle. 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 a head or hand 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 (Brief)
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: Puppetry
label: Subject
content: Motion Pictures
label: Subject
content: Dark Crystal
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Jim Henson
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: 2013.0101.24.01
label: catalog number
content: 2013.0101.24.01
label: accession number
content: 2013.0101
objectType: label: Object Name
content: puppet, hand
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: latex (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall (laying down): 18 1/2 in x 6 in x 4 1/2 in; 46.99 cm x 15.24 cm x 11.43 cm