Shopping for souvenirs in Leh, Ladakh, Himalayas, India, Asia

Puppet heads, part of making puppets, Mandalay, Mandalay Region, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Wooden water puppets, North Vietnam, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Pinocchio puppets, Florence, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Batak dancers round a large wooden puppet symbolising the king's dead son, inviting villagers to dance, Simanindo, Sumatra, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Mozart puppets, souvenirs, Salzburg, Austria, Europe

Brightly colored wooden carved puppets-on-strings on sale in the market in Bhaktapur, Nepal

The legend of the switches, Prague, Czech Republic, Europe

Mamuschka Dolls, Wooden figures, Odessa, Ukraine

Various types of Matryoshka dolls in a souvenir shop in Moscow, Russia

Heads of wood puppets

Toba Batak people performing a Sigale Gale puppet dance with a life-sized wooden puppet standing on a platform at Huta Bolon Museum in Simanindo village on Samosir Island, Lake Toba, North Sumatra, Indonesia

Vietnam, Hanoi, Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre.

Vietnam, Hanoi, Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre.

Vietnam, Hanoi, Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre.