Pair of Handmade Cat/Wolf Marionettes with Fur Trim and Costumes, Circa 1930s-1950s

Pair of handmade cat marionettes with painted composition faces, fur-trimmed limbs and tails, and patterned cloth costumes, still strung to their wooden controls. String marionettes were a popular form of family and traveling puppet theater through the mid-20th century. Shows wear, fading and tangling of strings consistent with age.