Antique Folk Art Puppet Head

Antique Folk Art Puppet Head Collection Jim Linderman

Folk Art Handmade Ventriloquist / Puppet Head

Folk Art Handmade Ventriloquist / Puppet Head circa 1950? Collection Jim Linderman

Baby Makes Three Antique Folk Art Puppet Set collection Jim Linderman

Baby Makes Three Antique Folk Art Puppet Set collection Jim Linderman

BIG Antique Folk Art Sculpture Articulated Figure of a Ballerina Puppet Collection Jim Linderman

About as big as they go, an Antique Folk Art Sculpture Articulated Figure of a Ballerina Puppet.  Turn of the century or so, nearly 30 inches tall.  Original paint.  The mid-section is a sponge material which has deteriorated. 

Collection Jim Linderman

Richard and the Hollywood Puppet Show! Vintage Vernacular Photographs

Richard and the Hollywood Puppet Show.  Group of three original snapshot photographs, circa 1950 Collection Jim Linderman

Antique Folk Art African-American Puppet Doll Head Sculpture

Antique Folk Art African-American Puppet Doll Head Sculpture  Collection Jim Linderman

Antique American Indian Folk Art Puppet circa 1890 in Buckskin and Beads collection Jim Linderman

Antique American Indian Folk Art Puppet circa 1890 in Buckskin and Beads.  A fully articulated 24" tall handmade puppet with hide buckskin clothing, beads and Victorian cloth highlights. Original paint on face and feathers.  Found in Central Michigan.  More properly called a marionette, as the figure moves on strings attached to a wooden X control bar.  The oldest and most interesting folk art puppet I have found, but the technique certainly goes back centuries earlier.

Collection Jim Linderman

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Folk Art Puppet Doll with Wooden Head

 

Early Folk Art Puppet (or doll) with wooden head. Circa 1920  Collection Jim Linderman

Santa Puppet Made from Glove Box Cardboard

Indian Apple Glove Company Santa, Size 8. Circa 1930. Collection Jim Linderman