Red Fraggle Puppet

Object Details

Description (Brief): Red Fraggle is a hand-rod puppet performed by Karen Prell on the television show Fraggle Rock. In a hand-rod puppet, like Red, the performer’s dominant hand goes into the puppet’s head and operates the mouth and sometimes other facial features. The less dominant hand controls the arm rods, which are thin rods connected to the puppet’s hands. Red is adventurous and energetic, and she loves to swim. It is her job to keep the Fraggle Rock pool clean. She is one of the five main Fraggles on the children’s program Fraggle Rock created by Jim Henson that aired for five seasons on HBO from 1983 to 1987. Henson created the Fraggle world as one where different types of creatures lived together in a world where they were interconnected and important to one another. From the beginning, the show was designed to be easily adaptable to different cultures, which generally led to each country having its own human character, such as Doc in the American version, with the same Fraggle scenes dubbed in local languages.
Location: Currently not on view

Credit Line: Gift of the Family of Jim Henson: Lisa Henson, Cheryl Henson, Brian Henson, John Henson and Heather Henson

1980s

Physical Description: foam (overall material); felt (overall material); fabric (overall material); plastic (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 26 in x 16 in x 7 in; 66.04 cm x 40.64 cm x 17.78 cm

National Museum of American History

GUID (Link to Original Record): https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-d944-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa