The Science of Puppetry: How String Puppets Mimic Human Anatomy

Bones and Muscles

* Bones act as the rigid parts of the skeleton. These act as the marionette's rods.

* Muscles control and generate forces to manipulate bones through tendon action on bones. These act as the strings attached between rods and the controller bar

String Puppets

* Puppets often employ rods attached to various body parts.

* A puppeteer attaches strings between rods and a controlling arm.