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Burmese Marionette
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Title
Burmese marionette of male with white face and red robe
Description
Male with white face hands & feet, pointed headdress, red robe
with silver trim, full-length weighted apron
Source
Dramatic Museum Realia
Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University
Identifier
DM number: P20.01
Box: 1
Coverage
Burma
Provenance
Purchased by John Mulholland in Singapore, 1926
Citation
"Marionettes in Museums of the United States," in Puppetry, a
Yearbook of Puppets and Marionettes. Edited by Paul McPharlin,
23-28. Detroit: The Inland Press, 1930.; Spaulding, Jean,
"Masks and Marionettes," Institute Magazine Dec. 1929: 12-13,
28-29.; Bell, John. "Puppets and 'The Iconography of Drama':
The Brander Matthews Collection at Columbia University." in
American Puppetry. Edited by Phyllis T. Dircks, 105-117. New
York: McFarland and Company, 2004.
Original Format
Marionettes (stringed puppets)
wood, cloth
Physical Dimensions
13" (21.5")
Citation
“Burmese marionette of male with white face and red robe,” CU Libraries Exhibitions , accessed December 10,
2012, https://exhibitions.cul.columbia.edu/items/show/1336.
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