Three of the figures were made of fine clay and had adjustable heads with holes in them that may have been controlled using a string, much like a marionette puppet. They also had uniquely carved ...

There’s something haunting about assembling a bunch of puppets together. “You’re not getting scared, are you?” said Neal Cuthbert, a south Minneapolis-based artist and curator. The puppets are ...

Holes in the necks of the puppets likely allowed strings to control their movements. When archaeologists excavated the top of the largest pyramid at San Isidro, El Salvador, they found something ...