Carved wooden marionette; a fresh-faced young man wearing red and white checked waistcoat and trousers with a russet synthetic silk bow tie and dicky, black cotton cord jacket with buttons made from old beads, and a black knitted scarf. These are not original clothes and indicate that this marionette was possibly re-dressed in the 1950s. He has carved hair and an ivory, black, red and white painted face and eyes with black dots for pupils.
There is a small staple in the back of his head for tilt motion and his right hand is shaped to hold a prop while his left hand is open for gesture. Wooden yoke and pelvis of the 'flat' Tiller design, with a heavily stuffed torso, possibly with straw. The body was probably re-covered in the 1950s. There are leather thigh joints over metal staples (replacements) and a string between his shoulders. The ankle joint has a metal strip; the knee is a carved wooden joint with a nail through it and the upper legs have tongues which slot into the lower legs.
Two control bars; bar one for the leg strings. Bar two for the head string, hand strings, and the back string. A modern screw eye has been added to one bar.