Marionette

A little theatre of marionettes, Italy, 1959
A marionette is a puppet that people control with strings called a manipulator from above.[1]
Marionette Media
Jean-Pierre Norblin de La Gourdaine, Les Marionettes polonaises (National Museum, Warsaw)
Ancient Greek terracotta puppet dolls, 5thβ4th century BC, National Archaeological Museum, Athens
Howdy Doody, famous US television marionette.
A display of marionettes used in Supermarionation television series such as Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons at the National Media Museum in Bradford, United Kingdom
References
- β Puppetry Today by Helan Binyon, p.11