Vietnamese fisherman puppet - $150 (St. Cloud)

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Here is a unique puppet that I purchased when visiting Hanoi in around 2001 or 2002. It is a water puppet which is a traditional art form in Vietnam. He is sixteen inches tall and about eight inches wide at the fish trap. There is a string that you pull from the back that makes his basket move up and down.

The condition is fair with some paint that is peeling and some splits in the wood. But he is rare and unique and will enhance the right decor. Here is a description of this artform created with the aid of Claude.

Múa rối nước — literally "puppets that dance on water" — is a traditional Vietnamese art form that originated in the rice paddies of the Red River Delta over a thousand years ago. Puppeteers stand waist-deep behind a screen and manipulate lacquered wooden figures through the water using long bamboo rods and concealed strings, bringing scenes of village life, mythology, and folklore to vivid life.

Here is a link to a website we created to show the piece in context.

https://clinquant-khapse-a2700e.netlify.app/

Feel free to send questions.

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posted: 2026-04-11 10:42

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