Title: Clay ceramic and wooden male marionette head with beard
Shipping: $50.00
Artist: N/A
Period: 20th Century
History: N/A
Origin: N/A
Condition: Excellent
Item Date: 1950
Item ID: 3392
This is a clay ceramic and movable carved wooden tongue male marionette head with beard. Burmese male teakwood marionette head with beard on a custom base. This great carved head is detailed with polychrome paint and has developed an incredible patina which adds great character. He has a movable tongue with pulley mechanism.
Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_art
A marionette is a puppet controlled from above using wires or strings (wires being the standard now due to increased durability). A marionette's puppeteer is called a manipulator.[1] Marionettes are operated with the puppeteer hidden or revealed to an audience by using a vertical or horizontal control bar in different forms of theatres or entertainment venues. They have also been used in films and on television.
