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Burmese 19th Century Hand-Carved and Painted Wooden Puppet Show Sign
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Burmese hand-carved wooden puppet show sign from the 19th century, with red and black painted
Category
Antique 19th Century Burmese Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Hand-Carved Antique Wall Panels with Puppet Design
Located in Yonkers, NY
A pair of Chinese Qing Dynasty period hand-carved and lacquered puppet show signs from the 19th
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Early 20th century carved wooden devil puppet
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century carved wooden devil puppet
A nice untouched example of an early 20th century
Category
Vintage 1920s Unknown Late Victorian Toys
Materials
Pine
Early 20th Century Hand Carved Pine German Fireman Puppet
Located in London, GB
fireman puppet / Doll. Hand carved with some lovely naïve Folk Art detail including a brass helmet symbol
Category
Vintage 1920s German Folk Art Toys
Materials
Cotton, Pine
Japanese Elaborate Buraku Puppet
Located in New York, NY
Bunraku (puppet) depicting the warrior Minamoto Yoshitsune, his head carved of wood and covered in
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Silk, Wood
"Indonesian Golek Puppet (Female), " Handmade Carved, Painted Wood & Fabric
Located in Milwaukee, WI
(usually) end happily.
Three-dimensional Indonesian puppets are carved out of light, soft wood. The head
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Textile
"Indonesian Golek Puppet (Female), " Handmade Carved, Painted Wood & Fabric
Located in Milwaukee, WI
(usually) end happily.
Three-dimensional Indonesian puppets are carved out of light, soft wood. The head
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Textile
Samuraï Yoshitsune Puppet Sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Sculpture Samuraï Yoshitsune Puppet with structure in wood,
hand-carved wood, hand-painted wood
Category
Vintage 1980s Japanese Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Silk, Wood
"Indonesian Golek Puppet (Male), " Handmade with Carved Painted Wood & Fabric
Located in Milwaukee, WI
(usually) end happily.
Three-dimensional Indonesian puppets are carved out of light, soft wood. The head
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Textile
Decorative Indonesian Shadow Puppet on Finely Carved Horn Rods, 19th Century
Located in Faversham, GB
Decorative Indonesian shadow puppet from the island of Java. A rare survivor with intricately
Category
Antique 19th Century Indonesian Anglo-Indian Candelabras
Materials
Leather
H 29.14 in W 12.21 in D 0.79 in
"Indonesian Golek Puppet (Male), " Handmade Carved, Painted Wood & Fabric c. 1900
Located in Milwaukee, WI
(usually) end happily.
Three-dimensional Indonesian puppets are carved out of light, soft wood. The head
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Textile
"Indonesian Golek Puppet (Male), " Handmade Carved, Painted Wood & Fabric c. 1900
Located in Milwaukee, WI
(usually) end happily.
Three-dimensional Indonesian puppets are carved out of light, soft wood. The head
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Textile
"Indonesian Golek Puppet (Male), " Handmade Carved, Painted Wood & Fabric c. 1900
Located in Milwaukee, WI
(usually) end happily.
Three-dimensional Indonesian puppets are carved out of light, soft wood. The head
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Textile
"Indonesian Golek Puppet (Male), " Handmade Carved, Painted Wood & Fabric c. 1900
Located in Milwaukee, WI
(usually) end happily.
Three-dimensional Indonesian puppets are carved out of light, soft wood. The head
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Textile
"Indonesian Golek Puppet (Male), " Handmade Carved, Painted Wood & Fabric c. 1900
Located in Milwaukee, WI
(usually) end happily.
Three-dimensional Indonesian puppets are carved out of light, soft wood. The head
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Textile
"Indonesian Golek Puppet (Male), " Handmade Carved, Painted Wood & Fabric c. 1900
Located in Milwaukee, WI
(usually) end happily.
Three-dimensional Indonesian puppets are carved out of light, soft wood. The head
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Textile
"Indonesian Golek Puppet (Male), " Handmade Carved, Painted Wood & Fabric c. 1900
Located in Milwaukee, WI
(usually) end happily.
Three-dimensional Indonesian puppets are carved out of light, soft wood. The head
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Textile
"Indonesian Golek Puppet (Male), " Handmade Carved, Painted Wood & Fabric c. 1900
Located in Milwaukee, WI
(usually) end happily.
Three-dimensional Indonesian puppets are carved out of light, soft wood. The head
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Textile
"Indonesian Golek Puppet (Male), " Handmade Carved, Painted Wood & Fabric c. 1900
Located in Milwaukee, WI
(usually) end happily.
Three-dimensional Indonesian puppets are carved out of light, soft wood. The head
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Textile
"Indonesian Golek Puppet (Male), " Handmade with Carved, Painted Wood and Fabric
Located in Milwaukee, WI
(usually) end happily.
Three-dimensional Indonesian puppets are carved out of light, soft wood. The head
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Textile
"Golek Puppet (Male), " Handmade with Carved Painted Wood & Fabric from Indonesia
Located in Milwaukee, WI
(usually) end happily.
Three-dimensional Indonesian puppets are carved out of light, soft wood. The head
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Textile
"Indonesian Golek Puppet (Male), " Handmade with Carved, Painted Wood and Fabric
Located in Milwaukee, WI
(usually) end happily.
Three-dimensional Indonesian puppets are carved out of light, soft wood. The head
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Textile
"Indonesian Golek Puppet (Male), " Handmade with Carved, Painted Wood and Fabric
Located in Milwaukee, WI
(usually) end happily.
Three-dimensional Indonesian puppets are carved out of light, soft wood. The head
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Textile
"Indonesian Golek Puppet (Male), " Handmade with Carved, Painted Wood and Fabric
Located in Milwaukee, WI
(usually) end happily.
Three-dimensional Indonesian puppets are carved out of light, soft wood. The head
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Textile
Antique Carved Thai Burmese Ramayana Warrior Folk Art Marionette Puppet Doll
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique carved Thai Burmese Ramayana Warrior marionette string puppet. Hand made from wood
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Toys and Dolls
Materials
Fabric, Hardwood
"Indonesian Golek Puppet (Male), " Handmade Carved, Painted Wood & Fabric c. 1900
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This flat shadow puppet was created by an unknown Indonesian artist. This shadow puppet, 25" high
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Textile
STRIDENT MAN Carved Wood Sculpture Hollywood WPA Modernist Puppet Mid-Century
Located in New York, NY
This 18 x 9 x 4 inch carved wood sculpture is unsigned and comes directly from the artist's family
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Japanese Meiji Bunraku Ningyo Puppet
Located in New York, NY
Japanese Meiji period puppet for the traditional Bunraku ningyo joruri puppet theater. The piece
Category
Antique Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Textile, Wood
Early 20th Century Chinese Opera Hand Puppet
Located in Atlanta, GA
This Chinese opera hand puppet is dress in an elegant, embroidered silk dragon robe. The puppet
Category
Early 20th Century Asian Toys and Dolls
Materials
Wood
Early 19th Century Marionette Puppets
Located in London, GB
century marionette puppets, likely to be French in origin. Their heads made from carved pine, porcelain
Category
Antique 1820s French Toys
Materials
Fabric, Pine, Paper
Kote Kono a African Puppets from Mali
Located in Paris, FR
African Puppets Kote Kono A, this "Kote Kono" animal
puppets depicting the hornbill bird with a
Category
Vintage 1950s Malian Animal Sculptures
Materials
Fabric, Wood
20th Century, Burmese Wooden Puppet Head with Stand
Located in Sampantawong, TH
Burmese puppet head was mainly used in the puppet show.
Due to the heavily used of puppets, the
Category
20th Century Burmese Antiquities
Materials
Wood
Puppet Doll Molds from Burma, Early 20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Puppet doll molds from Burma, early 20th century
The enigmatic faces of this unusual pair of
Category
Early 20th Century Burmese Tribal Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century English Folk Art Puppet Figure
Located in London, GB
20th century articulated folk art puppet figure. Made from hand carved pin, The base (handle) moves up
Category
Vintage 1920s European Folk Art Toys and Dolls
Materials
Pine
Art Deco Sculpture Puppetes by Pierre Le Faguays
Located in Miami, FL
puppets "Les Marionettes".
Signature: Le Faguays
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Bronze
Antique Head of a Sicilian Puppet, ca. 1900s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique Head of a Sicilian puppet, ca. 1900s
Antique Head of a Sicilian puppet depicting a knight
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Black Forest Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Samuraï Puppet Musha Nyngyo A Set of 2 Sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Sculpture Samuraï Puppet Musha Nyngyo A Set of 2 with structure
in wood, hand-carved wood, hand
Category
Antique Early 1900s Japanese Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Silk, Wood
Samuraï Puppet Musha Nyngyo B Set of 2 Sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Sculpture Samuraï Puppet Musha Nyngyo B Set of 2 with structure
in wood, hand-carved wood, hand
Category
Antique Early 1900s Japanese Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Silk, Wood
Chinese Wood Puppet Head, 19th Century, Mounted on Contemporary Stand
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Chinese wood puppet head, 19th century, mounted on contemporary stand.
Simple puppet head of a
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects
Materials
Wood
Vintage Burmese Polychrome Animated Mounted Puppet Heads w/ Expressive Features
Located in Austin, TX
This captivating set of two polychrome puppet heads, meticulously mounted, transports viewers to
Category
20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Iron
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H 12 in W 4.5 in D 4.5 in
Handmade Rajasthani Kathputli Dancing Puppet Couple Jaipur India 1950s
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large pair of vintage 1950s string marionettes, these magnificent Rajasthani Kathputli puppets came
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Folk Art Toys and Dolls
Materials
Textile, Silk, Wood
Wayang Puppet Wood Carving Set, Java, Indonesia, Mid-20th Century
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This wood carving set depicts mythical characters that are popular amid "Wayang" puppet shows
Category
Mid-20th Century Javanese Tribal Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Early 20th Century, Antique Burmese Wooden Puppet Head with Stand
Located in Sampantawong, TH
Burmese wooden puppet head with stand.
Age: Burma, Early 20th century
Size: Height 19 C.M
Category
Early 20th Century Burmese Antiquities
Materials
Wood
Japanese Bunraku Ningyo Joruri Meiji Edo Puppet Head in Display Case
Located in Studio City, CA
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The heads and hands of traditional Ningyo Joruri puppets are carved by specialists, while the bodies
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Antique Thai Shadow Puppet, Buffalo Hide, Nang Yai
Located in New York, NY
Antique Thai Shadow Puppet. Puppet is hand carved and constructed of buffalo hide. Overall measures
Category
20th Century More Art
Materials
Animal Skin
Chinese Peking Opera Theatre Puppet Marionette Doll, Early 1900s
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful work complete with a unique wood-carved and hand painted face, a wonderfully fabulous
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Textile, Wood, Paint
Chinese Peking Opera Theatre Puppet Marionette Doll, Early 1900s
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful work complete with a unique wood-carved and hand-painted face and original textile
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Textile, Wood, Paint
Chinese Peking Opera Theatre Puppet Marionette Doll, Early 1900s
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful work complete with a unique wood-carved and hand painted face and original textile
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Textile, Wood, Paint
Chinese Peking Opera Theatre Puppet Marionette Doll, Early, 1900s
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful work complete with a unique wood-carved and hand-painted face and original textile
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Textile, Wood, Paint
Chinese Peking Opera Theatre Puppet Marionette Doll, Early 1900s
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful work complete with a unique wood-carved and hand-painted face, long grey beard, and
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Textile, Wood, Paint
Chinese Peking Opera Theatre Puppet Marionette Doll, Early 1900s
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful work complete with a unique wood-carved and hand-painted face and original textile
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Textile, Wood, Paint
Early 20th century gesso over pine articulated skelton puppet
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century gesso over pine and articulated puppet
A very cool example of a folk-art gesso
Category
Vintage 1940s British Folk Art Toys
Materials
Metal
Cubist Ibibio Puppet Head Brass Eyes Nigeria Early 20th Century stern gaze stand
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early Ibibio puppet head with strong stern expression through tightly closed lips, large brass tack
Category
Mid-20th Century Nigerian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
H 9.75 in W 4.5 in D 5 in
Large Devil or Krampus Marionette by a Master Puppet Maker, Antique Austria
Located in Nuernberg, DE
This is a wonderful depiction of Krampus or the devil puppet. The item is approximately 32 inches
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Folk Art Toys and Dolls
Materials
Composition, Metal, Brass
H 32 in W 8.5 in D 4.25 in
"Golek Puppet (Male), " Wood & Cloth created by Indonesia circa 1900
Located in Milwaukee, WI
(usually) end happily.
Three-dimensional Indonesian puppets are carved out of light, soft wood. The head of
Category
Early 20th Century Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Fabric
"Golek Puppet (Female), " Wood & Cloth created by Indonesia circa 1900
Located in Milwaukee, WI
(usually) end happily.
Three-dimensional Indonesian puppets are carved out of light, soft wood. The head of
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Fabric
"Golek Puppet (Male), " Wood & Cloth created in Indonesia circa 1900
Located in Milwaukee, WI
(usually) end happily.
Three-dimensional Indonesian puppets are carved out of light, soft wood. The head of
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Fabric
Puppet (flat), round eyes, pink face Wayang Klitik, 19th C
Located in Milwaukee, WI
typically carved out of water buffalo hide and wood. The puppets are works of art. Puppetry is an
Category
19th Century Mixed Media
Materials
Leather, Wood
Indonesian 'Wayang Golek" Shadow Puppet, Java, Indonesia, Early 20th Century
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This “Wayang Golek” is a visibly old shadow puppet carved using soft wood and cloth. It features an
Category
Early 20th Century Indonesian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood, Fabric
H 23.63 in W 4.73 in D 4.73 in
Indonesian 'Wayang Golek" Shadow Puppet, Java, Indonesia, Early 20th Century
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This “Wayang Golek” is a visibly old shadow puppet carved using soft wood and cloth. It features an
Category
Early 20th Century Indonesian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Fabric, Wood
H 15.75 in W 3.94 in D 3.94 in
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Find a variety of carved puppets available on 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, softwood and pine, all carved puppets available were constructed with great care. There are all kinds of carved puppets available, from those produced as long ago as the 19th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. There are many kinds of carved puppets to choose from, but at 1stDibs, Folk Art, Victorian and Mid-Century Modern carved puppets are of considerable interest. There have been many well-made carved puppets over the years, but those made by Inuit are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
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Prices for carved puppets start at $125 and top out at $9,680 with the average selling for $1,683.
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