TYPE SM HANK UNBOXED
Type SM Hank, the Cowboy is a rare character from the 1950's TV series Whirligig.
He has an opening mouth but is not like any other puppet Pelham made. The mouth string is tied to an eyelet at the top of the control, it passes up through his head. The mouth is usually not seen on display as he has a large moustache covering it!
This puppet has good original wool hair and moustache.
He has a large composition head and oversized hands.
This puppet is in good used condition with ageing. This puppet comes without his guns unfortunately, these are often lost as they are separate items.
Hank wears blue jeans and a suedette material shirt, the same material that was used for an early horse, Muffin the Mule and early versions of Jiminy Cricket. It deteriorates over time and this one shows ageing on the creases.
The very oversized felt hat is good but does have some moth damage holes in the middle as shown in the images.. The yellow felt holster, usually in brown, is quite damaged by moth. A previous owner has held it in place with two pins, I haven't removed them and the new owner can decide to do that. It is stapled on at the back as it should be.
The blue jeans are good with a hole in the left knee and a very small hole at the top front unseen.
Black boots have very minor wear.
The felt tongue has no damage.
The scarf has some frayed edges and ageing..
Unboxed as I don't have a suitable box, his would be specific to the character.