Naughty Nude Woman

Naughty Nude Woman

A nude, pregnant, female puppet, with prominent breasts and genitalia. The puppet has two articulated arms which each have joints at the shoulders, elbows, and wrist. Unlike many other puppets with articulated arms, there are no bamboo rods attached to her arms. The leather puppet is supported by a central bamboo rod tied to the leather figure via cording. The face and upper body of the nude female puppet are depicted in en face, while the lower body depicted in profile. The puppet is portrayed with a hairstyle fashionable in the late 1960s and early 1970s. She is also depicted with a green necklace. Her fingers are thin, curved, and elongated, traits of refined male and female Nang Talung characters. According to Dr. Irving Chan Johnson, such puppets could be used to depict prostitutes in humorous sex scenes, or to portray the courtesans of royal characters. Dimensions: Height: 45cm Width: 11.3cm Width including extended right arm: 53.6cm

Made in Southern Thailand

Acquisition date 1974

black, green, pink and pink pigment

Goatskin, fiber cording, and bamboo rod