100
Rod Puppet - Iagoo
LOT NUMBER 44 (1 of 1 )
Character: IagooProduction: Hiawatha
Height: 90 cm
A large and very well made rod puppet. One of a number of excellent figures from this production. The main rod to the head uses a simple but effective depressed string mechanism to achieve head movement. Wooden head, hands and feet. Foam in body. The leather costume is in very good condition.
101
Rod Puppet - Imp
LOT NUMBER 45 (1 of 1 )
Character: Imp - Pot LatchProduction: Hiawatha, 1987
height: 40 cm
Width: 50 cm
Rod figure in Native American style. The rod is to the head. Mouth is hinged. Wooden arms have string attached. Designed without legs. This imp is white. There is another imp of a different colour in this catalogue.
102
Rod - Puppet Owl
LOT NUMBER 46 (1 of 1 )
Character: Sleepy Eyes, the OwlProduction: Hiawatha
Height: 30
Width: 20
A very well made wooden rod figure. The rod gives movement to the head and there is a mechanism for moving the arms. The rod is metal. A carved figure, with feet made of wire with string wrapped around.
103
Rod Figure - Turkey
LOT NUMBER 47 (1 of 1 )
Character: TurkeyProduction: Hiawatha, 1987
Height: 60 cm
Width: 50 cm
A push along rod figure with feet attached (not very well at present) to a wheel. The head, neck, feet are all carved in wood. The wings and tail are assembled from pieces of cut plywood.
104
Rod Puppet - Imp
LOT NUMBER 48 (1 of 1 )
Character: Imp - Pot LatchProduction: Hiawatha, 1987
Height: 40 cm
Width: 50 cm
This is identical to the previous imp, apart from colour. There is a rod to the head with hinged mouth. Wooden head and hands and arms. There are strings to the arms.
105
Rod Puppet - Nokomis
LOT NUMBER 49 (1 of 1 )
Character: NokomisProduction: Hiawatha, 1987
Height: 90 cms
Rod to the back of the head and mechanism for head movement. Wooden head hands and feet. Foam in body. Leather costume is fully complete beneath the fabric cloak.
106
Rod Puppet - Lazy Crow
LOT NUMBER 50 (1 of 1)
Character: Lazy CrowProduction: Hiawatha, 1987
Height: 90 cm
Rod to head with movement. Wooden head hands and feet. Foam in body. Leather costume. The felt waistcoat has perished, but this could easily be remade or removed without affecting the overall quality of the figure.
107
Rod Puppet - Crazy Cuckoo
LOT NUMBER 51 (1 of 1 )
Character: Crazy CuckooProduction; Hiawatha, 1987
Height: 90 cm
The short wooden rod to the back of the head includes a mechanism for head movement based on a depressing a string - very simple very effective. The hands are attached to a loop of string. The head is carved as are the hands and feet. The body is foam on the inside. The costume is of leather.
108
Rod Puppet - Slave Dealer
LOT NUMBER 52 (1 of 3 )
Character: Omar the Slave DealerProduction: Sinbad, 1981
Height: 80 cm
One of a number of figures from the Sinbad production, Omar the Slave Dealer is of soft construction being mostly of foam and fabric. He has a central rod to the head and rods to both arms.
109
Rod Puppet - Mandarin's Daughter
LOT NUMBER 52 (2 of 3)
Character: Mandarin's DaughterProduction: Sinbad
Height: 80 cm
Rod figure in mixed materials, polystyrene head covered in fabric. Rod to head