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Description: | That's the way to do it! This is a swazzle, made from cotton tape stretched around two elliptical strips of stainless steel. It is used to create the voice of Punch in a Punch and Judy show. The swazzle, measuring just three centimetres long, is soaked in a glass of water and then inserted widthways at the very back of the puppeteer's mouth. When the puppeteer breathes and speaks, the swazzle vibrates like a kazoo, producing the traditional voice of Mr. Punch. When other characters spoke, the puppeteer would move the swazzle to one side of his mouth. This swazzle was made by Mr Des Turner, pictured in his Punch and Judy booth. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Publisher: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum, London | Subjects: | Leisure | Temporal: | circa 1980 | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Go to resource |
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