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| - Carved wooden marionette in the form of a Chinese bell ringer, with a small 'cow bell' in each hand (each with a good tone - probably not the originals). Ivory, black and red painted face and eyes with black dots for pupils. Carved mandarin-style moustache and a carved pigtail on the top of his head, with a loose wool pigtail attached. Carved legs ending in red painted boots, carved with turned-up toes. Legs and arms allowing for lateral movement only; jointed at hips and at shoulders, each member of three pieces of wood made rigid and shaped as one. The body solid, shoulder and hip, taking joint, with shaped thin pieces added for front and back, producing a hollow effect.
Original quilted green silk costume scattered with silver steel sequins. Cream cotton lace ruff at neck. The costume has elbow-length bell sleeves and knee-length knickerbockers edged with red braid also trimmed with silver steel sequins.
Two control bars; bar one has four notches, only one in use, with strings run through the other bar and attached to hands. Hands attached to feet by strings. Bar two with holes for run through at ends; notches with head strings attached. (en)
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