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marionettes


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Term Type

Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Preferred Term

marionettes

Details

Puppets manipulated from above by strings attached to their jointed limbs.

Variations

marionette

puppets, string

string puppets

Puppenfrau

Broader Term

puppets

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