H x W x D: 8 7/16 × 5 1/8 × 3 1/8 in. (21.5 × 13 × 8 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 arms raised close to her face, the mother puppet wears a bright blue cardigan and yellow belted dress. She has auburn hair, red lips, and on the bottom back of her dress the maker's mark: CHILDCRAFT / [copyright symbol] 1968. Her sand colored rubber interior has three finger holes.
