DepartmentEurope

Clown Hand Puppet

NamePuppet

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Dateca 1900

Place madeFrance, Europe

MediumWood, fiber

Dimensions15 3/8 × 3 15/16 × 9/16 in. (39 × 10 × 1.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1981.2.309

Object numberA.1981.2.309

Collections

Multiple Visions: A Common Bond

DescriptionCarved painted wooden clown's head bald, with brown. Face blue eyes white moustache, gray beard. Hooked nose. Pink, tan, blue white cotton robe with white lace bertha, no arms. // Stand added by A. Girard.

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