Puppet Library

I've decided to start a digital puppet library, of images, sound files, scripts and other artifacts related to puppetry. (Not digital puppets; digital artifacts of real puppets and performances.) I have access to a small collection already and it is definitely of interest to a limited and weird but passionate community of puppeteers and puppet appreciators. I am currently trying to see if there is anything similar out there, and I will likely use performance, art and sculpture collection sites as guides in developing the taxonomy of puppetlibrary.org, as it will be called and located.

There are 229 records returned in response to a search for puppet in ARTstor at http://library.artstor.org. Here is one ARTstor puppet record:



Information:

Culture	Javanese
Title	Shadow Puppet representing the Giant Kumbakarna
Work Type	puppet
Date	19th century
Measurements	66 cm high
Description	from Java, Indonesia
Repository	British Museum, London, United Kingdom
ARTstor Collection	Art, Archaeology and Architecture (Erich Lessing Culture and Fine Arts Archives)
ID Number	03-07-02/70
Source	Image and original data provided by Erich Lessing Culture and Fine Arts Archives/ART RESOURCE, N.Y. http://www.artres.com/c/htm/Home.aspx http://www.artres.com/c/htm/TreePfLight.aspx?ID=LES
Rights	Photo Credit: Erich Lessing/ART RESOURCE, N.Y. Please note that if this image is under copyright, you may need to contact one or more copyright owners for any use that is not permitted under the ARTstor Terms and Conditions of Use or not otherwise permitted by law. While ARTstor tries to update contact information, it cannot guarantee that such information is always accurate. Determining whether those permissions are necessary, and obtaining such permissions, is your sole responsibility.

File Properties:

Image Id	LESSING_ART_10311440311
Download Size	1024,1024
Collection	ARTstor Collections
Accessibility	Public
Format	fpx
File Name	lessing_03070270.fpx
Width	5046
Height	6000
Image URL	http://library.artstor.org.ezproxy2.library.arizona.edu/library/secure/ViewImages?id=%2FThWdC8hIywtPygxFTx5RnksX30of10%3D&userId=gzdMejE%3D&zoomparams=

There are also puppet collections, like the Center for Puppetry Arts:
http://www.puppet.org/museum/VeWebsite/exhibit3/vexmain3.htm . Their taxonomy will certainly influence my collection metadata.

Many questions remain. I will limit the collection initially to what I have, but what I have includes modern puppets from puppet artists who are not well known. If I want to grow this collection, I will have to limit it more clearly.