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The hands are made of moulded pink plastic, large, and the feet of moulded plaster, painted black.  The head, body and arms are joined by steel eyelet screws, while the legs are jointed at the hips, knees and ankles by steel plates, nailed into each part.  The strings are knotted to various parts of the body - two black ones to the head by steel eyelets painted pink on either side; two reds ones, to the hands; two blue ones just above the knees and a yellow one to the back of the body.  The strings are tied to the wooden control, two bars of wood linked together by a large metal clip which will allow the bars to twist out to form a +.  The red ones are tied to an eyelet covered with a red plastic dome, the blue ones to two eyelets covered with a blue plastic dome and the yellow likewise attached to an eyelet covered by a yellow plastic dome.  At the top of the bars is a large black metal hook which can be used to hang the puppet up.\r\nThe puppet is dressed as a giant in a green cotton tunic with yellow thread trim and yellow and red felt belt and brown cotton rep trousers with the lower legs bound with shirling elastic.  Attached to the right hand with a wire is a club of moulded plaster.\n\nYellow cardboard printed in colours to show the titles, maker's details and illustrations of some of the puppets made by the company.  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