Dramatic Museum Realia

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Dramatic Museum Realia: Puppets: Japan: Gallery 3

Item Information

Japanese rod puppet

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Dublin Core

Title

Japanese rod puppet

Description

Round rod puppet, operated from below.
Conservation assessment: Limit handling; fragile

Source

Dramatic Museum Realia
Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University

Date

1800-1899

Identifier

DM number: P17.01
Box: 42

Coverage

Japan

Additional Item Metadata

Provenance

Brander Matthews, 1925

Citation

Spaulding, Jean, "Masks and Marionettes," Institute Magazine Dec. 1929: 12-13, 28-29.; Bell, John. "Puppets and 'The Iconography of Drama': The Brander Matthews Collection at Columbia University." in American Puppetry. Edited by Phyllis T. Dircks, 105-117. New York: McFarland and Company, 2004.

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Rod puppets
wood

Physical Dimensions

16"

Citation

“Japanese rod puppet,” Columbia University Libraries Online Exhibitions, accessed May 5, 2024, https://exhibitions.library.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/realia/item/1576.

Rare Book & Manuscript Library / Butler Library, 6th Fl. East / 535 West 114th St. / New York, NY 10027 / (212) 854-5153 / rbml@libraries.cul.columia.edu