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The Nazca Astronaut, also called El Astronauta, is an anthropomorphic geoglyph cut into a desert hillside near Nazca, Peru. Its stylized figure has large circular eyes, extended arms, and a simplified body, and the popular nickname comes from a modern resemblance to a space traveler rather than evid...

The Nazca Hands, or Las Manos, is an anthropomorphic geoglyph in the Nazca region of southern Peru. The figure is made from exposed lighter ground and cleared or rearranged surface stones, like other Nazca geoglyphs, and is recognizable by its hand-like forms and separated digits. It belongs to the...

Man Mound is a prehistoric Native American effigy mound in Sauk County near Baraboo, Wisconsin, shaped as a stylized standing human figure. The surviving earthwork is about 214 feet long and is recognized as a National Historic Landmark; it is often described as the only known surviving human-shaped...

Phineas T. Bluster is a puppet character from the American children's television program Howdy Doody. Within the show's fictional setting of Doodyville, he is portrayed as its pompous mayor and as a blustering adult figure whose authority is frequently treated comically. The character appeared durin...

Dilly Dally is a puppet character from the American children’s television program Howdy Doody. The character was presented as a shy, hesitant, sputtering boy and was part of the show’s wider cast of puppet and human figures. Howdy Doody, which originated in the early era of network children’s televi...

Heathcliff is a character marionette designed by American puppeteer Bil Baird, showcased in his prominent mid-20th-century traveling theater troupe.

Pelham Puppet Acrobat is a string-controlled wooden toy puppet from Pelham Puppets, the British company founded by Bob Pelham in 1947. The figure represents an acrobat and belongs to the company's commercial marionette tradition, in which relatively simple controls allowed children and hobbyists to...

Pelham Puppet Juggler is a string-controlled wooden toy puppet made by Pelham Puppets, the British company founded by Bob Pelham in 1947. The model represents a human juggler and belongs to the company's mass-produced marionette range, which brought articulated string puppets into domestic play and...

The Pelham Puppet Ballerina is a British string marionette made by Pelham Puppets, the toy company founded by Bob Pelham after the Second World War. It represents a ballet dancer and is operated from a handheld control bar through multiple strings. Examples vary by Pelham range and production period...

The Pelham Puppet Bullfighter is a string marionette made by Pelham Puppets, the British toy-puppet company founded by Bob Pelham. It represents a human performer in a bullfighter costume, with the figure's visual identity carried by its theatrical red-and-gold clothing and pose rather than by a rea...

Heidi Doody is a marionette character from the American children's television program Howdy Doody. Introduced during the 1950s, she was presented as Howdy Doody's Swiss-costumed cousin and appeared as part of the show's recurring puppet cast. Her design and clothing connect the character to the prog...

Kersa is a renowned German puppet manufacturer founded in 1925, and this clown figure represents their classic, handcrafted wooden designs.

Pelham Puppet Cowboy is a character marionette from the British Pelham Puppets range associated with Bob Pelham's company in Marlborough, Wiltshire. Cowboy was among the early human figures made by the company, which began producing string puppets in 1947; Pelham puppets were designed for operation...

The Pelham Puppet Highland Dancer is a vintage British string marionette depicting a Scottish Highland dancer. Its identity is defined by the human figure, tartan kilt, and costume details associated with Highland dress, distinguishing it from Pelham's animal puppets and other character models. It w...

Hazelle's Clown Marionette is a string-controlled clown figure associated with Hazelle's Marionettes, the Kansas City company founded by Hazelle Rollins. The company was established in the 1930s and became known for commercially produced marionettes and toy puppet stages. This type of figure is inte...

The Pelham Puppet Princess is a classic mid-20th-century British string marionette produced by Bob Pelham's company, recognizable by its painted golden crown and elegant pastel gown.

The Pelham Puppet Tyrolean Girl is a string-operated marionette made by Pelham Puppets, the British toy company founded by Bob Pelham. The figure represents a girl in Tyrolean or Alpine-style clothing, making the costume the main identifying feature of the model. Like other Pelham human figures, it...

Pelham Puppet Tyrolean Boy is a British string marionette model from the Pelham Puppets range. Examples in the SS range are standard-stringed puppets operated with a wooden cross controller, and the Tyrolean design uses Alpine-inspired clothing, including a felt hat, matching belt and braces, and sh...

The Pelham Puppet Sailor is a string-controlled marionette from Pelham Puppets, the British toy company established by Bob Pelham in 1947. The character is presented as a sailor figure, with painted facial details, articulated limbs, and controls that allow the user to move the puppet's body and hea...

Produced by the notable American puppet company Hazelle's Inc., this ballerina marionette reflects the mid-20th-century toy puppet boom.

Pelham Puppet Prince is a string-operated marionette from Pelham Puppets, the British company associated with wooden toy puppets made under the direction of Bob Pelham from the late 1940s onward. The figure belongs to the company’s human-character puppet tradition, in which painted heads and bodies,...

The Pelham Puppet Dutch Girl is a string marionette from the Dutch Boy and Girl figures made by Pelham Puppets. The English toy company was founded by Bob Pelham in 1947 and produced wooden marionettes and other puppets for children and collectors. The Dutch Girl belongs to a national-costume charac...

Hazelle's Cowboy Marionette is a vintage-style string puppet associated with Hazelle's Inc., a Kansas City manufacturer known for producing puppets and marionettes. The figure uses the cowboy character type common in American children's toys and puppet theater, with a jointed body controlled by stri...

Pelham Puppet Dutch Boy is a character marionette made by Pelham Puppets, the English toy company founded by Bob Pelham. The Dutch Boy was one of the company's nationality-themed figures and was produced in a paired Dutch Boy and Dutch Girl design that remained in production for decades. Surviving e...

Hazelle's Walking Doll Marionette is a vintage wooden puppet manufactured by Hazelle's Marionettes, a Kansas City, Missouri company associated with American marionette production. The human-shaped figure is designed to create a walking action when operated as a marionette, placing it in the traditio...

The Pelham Puppet Indian Chief is a vintage string marionette produced by Pelham Puppets, the British toy company founded by Bob Pelham in the late 1940s. The figure represents a stylized Native American chief and is typically identified by a feathered headdress, painted wooden head and hands, and f...

Indus, Latin for 'the Indian,' is a faint southern constellation depicted in early celestial atlases as a Native American figure holding arrows. It was introduced by Petrus Plancius from southern-sky observations made by Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman in the late 1590s, and appeare...