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puppets


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Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Preferred Term

puppets

Details

Representations of figures made of wood, cloth, papier-mâché, ceramic, paper, or another material, designed to be animated by human effort, including the use of strings, wires, sticks, or directly by the hand, usually before an audience.

Variations

puppet

marionnettes

marionnette

Narrower Terms

marionettes

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