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Virgil (Virgil Harris Mulkey). The Great Virgil’s Hand-Carved Skeleton Marionette. Circa 1930s. Large painted wooden skeleton marionette with separate controls for the legs, arms, and upper body, including disjointing head and limbs. Approx. 24” tall. Handmade by The Great Virgil (see Charvet, The Great Virgil, p. 61). Together with Virgil’s handwritten notebook on making and operating marionettes with extensive notations and original diagrams.