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Miss Piggy Doll

American History Museum

Miss Piggy Doll
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Object Details

designer

Henson, Jim

distributor

NANCO

maker

NANCO

Description (Brief)

This oversized Miss Piggy doll is wearing a hot pink, lime green, yellow, and orange sheer floral print nylon covered floppy hat and matching sarong skirt partially covering a one-piece orange nylon bathing suit, elbow-length hot pink nylon satin gloves, a white plastic pearl choker necklace, and bright orange twill fabric shoes, each decorated with a large hot-pink centered white daisy. This doll was won as a prize in a raffle.

Miss Piggy is a diva pig who believes she is a superstar. She is madly in love with Kermit the Frog and is an expert in karate. Miss Piggy began as “Piggy Lee” on The Tonight Show in 1974 and eventually the “Lee” was dropped so as not to upset Peggy Lee. Miss Piggy then became a major character on The Muppet Show.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Margaret Limehouse

ID Number

2002.0387.01

accession number

2002.0387

catalog number

2002.0387.01

Object Name

doll

Physical Description

fiber, synthetic (overall material)
fiber, cellulose (overall material)
plastic (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 4 ft x 1 1/2 ft x 1 ft; 1.2192 m x .4572 m x .3048 m

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Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
Jim Henson

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject

Puppetry
Consumerism
Toys
Television broadcasts
Radio and television broadcasting

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-4e97-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1193228

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