Exhibition: Dramatic Museum Realia
Item appears in the following exhibition pageItem Information Send feedback on this itemDublin CoreTitleBunraku puppet
DescriptionConservation assessment: LIMIT HANDLING; the fabric is powdering and very delicate. The puppet should remain on pallet whenever possible. Requires two people to remove pallet from the box. When tilting or moving the box, keep the head end of the box upright.
SourceDramatic Museum Realia
Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University
IdentifierDM number: P45.01
Box: 55
CoverageJapan
Additional Item MetadataCitationSpaulding, 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 MetadataOriginal FormatPuppets (recreational artifacts)
wood
Physical Dimensions44"
Citation“Bunraku puppet,” Columbia University Libraries Online Exhibitions, accessed January 2, 2025, https://exhibitions.library.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/realia/item/1582. |