Object Details
- Rollins, Hazelle H.
- Rollins, Hazelle H.
- Description (Brief)
- Teto the Clown marionette dates from the 1950s and is made of tenite plastic. He is dressed in a red and white polka dot cotton suit and matching hat and is controlled using a seven string, airplane control.
- Teto the Clown was created by puppeteer Hazelle Hedges Rollins. Rollins trained with Tony Sarg and is the creator of over 300 string, hand, and finger puppet characters. She holds four patents in the puppetry field, including the airplane control marionette that revolutionized the movement of the puppet and is used with Teto the Clown. By 1975, Hazelle Inc was the world's largest exclusive manufacturer of marionettes, hand, and finger puppets.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gene and Nancy R. Krupa
- 1950
- ID Number
- 1981.1085.06
- accession number
- 1981.1085
- catalog number
- 1981.1085.06
- Object Name
- puppet
- Physical Description
- plastic, tenite (overall material)
- fabric (overall material)
- string (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall (without strings): 14 1/2 in x 5 in x 2 1/2 in; 36.83 cm x 12.7 cm x 6.35 cm
- place made
- United States: Missouri, Kansas City
- made at
- United States: Missouri, Kansas City
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- Puppets
- National Museum of American History
- general subject association
- Puppetry
- Record ID
- nmah_662191
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-deaa-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
