H x W x D: 9 1/16 × 5 1/2 × 2 13/16 in. (23 × 14 × 7.1 cm)
Type:
hand puppets
educational toys
Place used:
Oxford, Butler County, Ohio, United States, North and Central America
Date:
1968
Caption:
Created for use by children’s counselors and therapists, this hand puppet is part of a set that depicts two five-person family units; one family is African American while the other is Caucasian. Being able to use puppets that reflect a child’s personal race and gender is important for this kind of therapy to be successful. It is also significant for children’s self-esteem and learning cues that the African American dolls show a complete nuclear family unit, wearing clothes that communicate middle class respectability.
Description:
A mother figure painted rubber hand puppet by Childcraft. With her rubber arms and hands raised close to her face, the mother puppet wears a square patterned mauve dress with a white collar. She has dark brown pony-tied hair, brown eyes, and pink lips. The bottom back of her dress bears the maker’s mark [CHILDCRAFT / [copyright symbol] 1968]. Her sand colored rubber interior has three finger holes.
