puppet
A doll of cloth or wood, which can be operated by a puppeteer by means of strings and cable or by wearing it as a glove.
If it's controlled with puppet strings, it's a marionette.
Some puppets have proper names like Shanghai Doll or Pinocchio.
See also
- hand puppet
- finger puppet
- shadow puppet
- puppet rings (usually used together with puppet strings)
- control bar
- puppet show
- karakuri puppet (kind of like a wooden steampunk robot)