Carved wooden marionette of a bearded snake charmer playing a pipe sitting cross-legged on a wooden base, jonted at the neck, torso, arms and wrists, with moveable fingers. The wood is finely carved and painted brown and his face had sunken cheeks, well-defined eyeybrows and eye sockets with eyes painted with blue pupils. The marionette is dressed in an ochre, purple, red and black striped jacket with pale orange-brown baggy trousers gathered at the ankles and a removable red and white spotted turban. With wood and metal control bar and ten strings.