Dramatic Museum Realia

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Dramatic Museum Realia: Puppets: United States: Gallery 1

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Dragon marionette

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Title

Dragon marionette

Description

For Bufano's production of Orlando Furioso.
Conservation assessment: LIMIT HANDLING; fabric is stiff and fragile, and the painted surface is flaking. The holes in the fabric have been covered to prevent loss of the stuffing.

Creator

Remo Bufano

Source

Dramatic Museum Realia
Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University

Date

1923

Identifier

DM number: P47.05
Box: 48

Coverage

United States

Additional Item Metadata

Provenance

Cooper Union Museum (Remo Bufano Studios, Inc.), 1953

Citation

Bell, John. "Puppets and 'The Iconography of Drama': The Brander Matthews Collection at Columbia University." in American Puppetry. Edited by Phyllis T. Dircks, 105-117. New York: McFarland and Company, 2004.

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Marionettes (stringed puppets)
cloth, metal

Physical Dimensions

67" (nose-tail)

Citation

Remo Bufano, “Dragon marionette,” Columbia University Libraries Online Exhibitions, accessed April 19, 2024, https://exhibitions.library.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/realia/item/1680.

Rare Book & Manuscript Library / Butler Library, 6th Fl. East / 535 West 114th St. / New York, NY 10027 / (212) 854-5153 / rbml@libraries.cul.columia.edu