Italian Prince Marionette
date: label: Date made
content: 1900
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This beautifully made marionette, known as the Prince, has a wooden body and appendages with a molded felt head. He is dressed in an 18th century style blue silk coat and a felt crown. Meticulous attention has been paid to every detai of his clothing and the painted face He is manipulated using eight strings and two bars . His provenance suggests Italian origins from around 1900. He is probably one of a pair to the princess (1979.1164.04).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Italy
topic: label: general subject association
content: Puppetry
setName: label: See more items in
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: 1979.1164.03
label: accession number
content: 1979.1164
label: catalog number
content: 1979.1164.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: puppet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: felt (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: 16 in; 40.64 cm