puppet

A doll of cloth or wood, which can be operated by a puppeteer by means of strings and cable or by wearing it as a glove.

If it's controlled with puppet strings, it's a marionette.

Some puppets have proper names like Shanghai Doll or Pinocchio.

See also

• hand puppet
• finger puppet
• shadow puppet
• puppet rings (usually used together with puppet strings)
• control bar
• puppet show
• karakuri puppet (kind of like a wooden steampunk robot)

The following tags implicate this tag: finger_puppet, hand_puppet, and marionette (learn more).