marionette, Slithy Tove II (Jabberwocky)
Report a Mistake- Date Made 1961
- Event --
- Affiliation English Canadian
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Artist / Maker / Manufacturer
Gammell, Josephine
Toronto Guild of Puppetry - Object Number 94-2094
- Place of Origin Continent - North America, Country - Canada, Province / Territory - Ontario, Municipality - Toronto
- Place of Use Continent - North America, Country - Canada, Province / Territory - Ontario
- Category Recreational artifacts
- Sub-category Public entertainment device
- Department Folklore
- Museum CMH
- Earliest 1961/01/01
- Latest 1961/12/31
- Materials Cardboard, Polyester, Wood, Metal, Nylon, Plastic
- Measurements Height 30.0 cm, Width 8.0 cm, Thickness 13.0 cm
- Related activity Puppetry
- Caption Character from a theatre production
- Additional Information This puppet was used in the Jaberwocky sequence in Scenes from Alice in Wonderland, 1962.
- Caption Toronto Guild of Puppetry
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Additional Information
The Toronto Guild of Puppetry, organized in 1953, actively served as a volunteer training ground for amateur puppeteers in Toronto until it was dissolved in 1989. From the early 1960s on, the Guild's activities centred on an annual production using hand puppets, marionettes, and rod puppets. Members worked cooperatively on these large-scale shows, which were presented as a means of raising operating funds for the groups. A number of the Guild's early members became semi-professional, and some went on to make puppetry a career.
Adapted from Figuratively Speaking : Puppetry in Ontario by Ken McKay, copyright 1990. Courtesy of the Ontario Puppetry Association and Ken McKay.
- Caption Marionette
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Additional Information
(Alternate name: String Puppet)
This category of puppet is controlled from above using strings. Marionettes are usually fully articulated, with strings linking the different parts of the body - head, torso, arms, legs - to a hand-held "control". Several different types of controls exist, with various degrees of complexity (vertical, horizontal, angled). Marionettes can be made of a wide range of materials: wood, paper, fabric, foam rubber, etc.
Tandem Marionette
Marionette combining two characters - sometimes more - which are usually placed side by side and attached to the same control. This type of puppet is most often used when similar characters must make identical movements; e.g., a corps de ballet.
Trick Marionette
A marionette constructed and strung in a way that allows it to perform precise and intricate activities (e.g., juggling, performing complex manoeuvres on a trapeze), or to transform (e.g., when one character changes into another). In the latter case, it should be noted that the term "transformation marionette" can also be used.