Arba the Eagle Puppet
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Object Details
- Patchwork Puppet Productions
- U.S. Bicentennial Administration
- Patchwork Puppet Productions
- Description (Brief)
- Arba the eagle is a large rod and hand puppet made by the Patchwork Puppet Productions, an Emmy award winning company, in 1975. The eagle is made of wool felt, with red, blue, and gray feathers with a white head and a yellow beak and claws. His basic form is made of foam, wire and cardboard. The head, his mouth, and one wing are manipulated by one hand and arm, while the other wing is manipulated with an attached rod.
- Arba was commissioned by the U.S. Bicentennial Commission to perform public television announcements celebrating the Bicentennial on July 4, 1976. He also appeared in a series of public service announcements in the mid 1970s.
- After four years at the puppet theater at the Smithsonian Institution, puppeteers Ingrid Crepeau, Sarah Toth Yochum, and Julian Lochum formed their own company in 1974 and created the Washington D.C. Patchwork Puppet Productions Inc. Their life size puppets were a vital part of the highly acclaimed television series "Sneakers". They also performed musical shows, political satire, and educational films.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Ingrid M. Crepeau
- 1975
- ID Number
- 1979.0124.01
- accession number
- 1979.0124
- catalog number
- 1979.0124.01
- Object Name
- puppet
- Physical Description
- felt (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- synthetic foam (overall material)
- wire (overall material)
- cardboard (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 52 in x 94 in x 17 in; 132.08 cm x 238.76 cm x 43.18 cm
- place made
- United States: District of Columbia, Washington
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- Popular Entertainment
- Puppets
- National Museum of American History
- general subject association
- Puppetry
- Subject
- Television broadcasts
- Children's television programs
- Bicentennial
- related event
- Bicentennial Celebration of the American Revolution
- Record ID
- nmah_662356
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-3ebb-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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