Fairytale stories, grotesque faces and unusual costume materials such as netting and fringes make these puppets scary and vivid. Art teacher Benno Petersen and journeyman painter and puppeteer Karl Pechascheck performed together in their local dialect, Low German, in the Lübeck region.
Puppet:
Roggenbuk from the Travemünde saga ‘Roggenbuk’
Company:
Karl Pechascheck, Ratzeburg
Construction:
not yet established
Performance:
Karl Pechascheck (1894-1978), Benno Petersen (1896-1966)
Date:
1930s, Germany
Material:
wood, textile, fishing net
Provenance:
not yet established
Puppet:
capercaillie from ‘Dr. Faust’
Company:
Karl Pechascheck, Ratzeburg
Construction:
Karl Pechascheck (1894-1978)
Date:
1950s, West Germany
Material:
wood, textile
Provenance:
2023, donation from Thomas Bohrer to KOLK 17