Jack Pumpkinhead

What the books say it is

• origin a wooden man with a pumpkin head, brought to life when Mombi sprinkled him with the Powder of Life 1 chapter

  • Then he saw old Mombi raise her arm and sprinkle the powder from the box over the pumpkin head of his man Jack.

    The Marvelous Land of Oz, ch. 2
• made of a carved pumpkin head on a body of jointed tree limbs 10 chapters

  • The head of Jack Pumpkinhead was, as you have guessed, a ripe pumpkin, with the eyes, nose and mouth carved upon one side.

    Glinda of Oz, ch. 14

  • and joked with the tin man and the pumpkin-headed man and found Cap'n Bill a very agreeable companion.

    Rinkitink in Oz, ch. 22

  • I think that I could live for some time on Jack Pumpkinhead. Not that I prefer pumpkins for food; but I believe they are somewhat nutritious, and Jack’s head is large and plump.”

    The Marvelous Land of Oz, ch. 16

  • Then there was Jack Pumpkinhead, whose head was a real pumpkin with the face carved upon it; and Professor Wogglebug, who had the shape of an enormous bug but was dressed in neat fitting garments.

    The Scarecrow of Oz, ch. 24

  • The Shaggy Man's brother was beside the Patchwork Girl, and then came that interesting personage, Jack Pumpkinhead, who had grown a splendid big pumpkin for a new head to be worn on Ozma's birthday, and had carved a face on it that was even jollier in expression than the one he had last worn.

    The Magic of Oz, ch. 22

  • a man clothed in a spotted shirt, a red vest, and faded blue trousers, whose body was merely sticks of wood, jointed clumsily together. On his neck was set a round, yellow pumpkin, with a face carved on it

    The Road to Oz, ch. 16

  • Jack Pumpkinhead, whose body was brush-wood and whose head was a ripe pumpkin with a face carved upon it

    The Emerald City of Oz, ch. 5

  • The purple trousers and pink waistcoat and red shirt hung loosely over the wooden joints Tip had manufactured, and the carved face on the pumpkin grinned perpetually, as if its wearer considered life the jolliest thing imaginable.

    The Marvelous Land of Oz, ch. 7

  • This wooden framework was covered by a red shirt--with white spots in it--blue trousers, a yellow vest, a jacket of green-and-gold and stout leather shoes. The neck was a sharpened stick on which the pumpkin head was set, and the eyes, ears, nose and mouth were carved on the skin of the pumpkin, very like a child's jack-o'-lantern.

    The Patchwork Girl of Oz, ch. 19

  • Jack's wooden arms and legs had been skillfully carved from strong saplings. His body, made of a tough piece of bark, was pinned together with wooden pegs. A larger peg served Jack for a neck and a carved pumpkin made his head.

    Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz, ch. 1
• made of brush-wood body, ripe pumpkin head 7 chapters

  • Jack Pumpkinhead, whose body was brush-wood and whose head was a ripe pumpkin with a face carved upon it

    The Emerald City of Oz, ch. 5

  • “If the Pumpkinhead is to ride, why not use one of his legs to make a leg for the horse that carries him? I judge that both are made of wood.”

    The Marvelous Land of Oz, ch. 13

  • a man clothed in a spotted shirt, a red vest, and faded blue trousers, whose body was merely sticks of wood, jointed clumsily together. On his neck was set a round, yellow pumpkin, with a face carved on it

    The Road to Oz, ch. 16

  • The purple trousers and pink waistcoat and red shirt hung loosely over the wooden joints Tip had manufactured, and the carved face on the pumpkin grinned perpetually, as if its wearer considered life the jolliest thing imaginable.

    The Marvelous Land of Oz, ch. 7

  • This wooden framework was covered by a red shirt--with white spots in it--blue trousers, a yellow vest, a jacket of green-and-gold and stout leather shoes. The neck was a sharpened stick on which the pumpkin head was set, and the eyes, ears, nose and mouth were carved on the skin of the pumpkin, very like a child's jack-o'-lantern.

    The Patchwork Girl of Oz, ch. 19

  • Jack's body was very crude and awkward, being formed of limbs of trees of different sizes, jointed with wooden pegs.

    Glinda of Oz, ch. 14

  • Jack's wooden arms and legs had been skillfully carved from strong saplings. His body, made of a tough piece of bark, was pinned together with wooden pegs. A larger peg served Jack for a neck and a carved pumpkin made his head.

    Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz, ch. 1
• made of wood (body) and pumpkin (head) 1 chapter

  • he himself quickly dismounted and looked at his friend Jack. The wooden body, with its gorgeous clothing, still sat upright upon the horse’s back; but the pumpkin head was gone, and only the sharpened stick that served for a neck was visible.

    The Marvelous Land of Oz, ch. 10
• made of wood, branches of trees 1 chapter

  • The body of this remarkable person was made of wood, branches of trees of various sizes having been used for the purpose.

    The Patchwork Girl of Oz, ch. 19
• made of sticks of wood 1 chapter

  • Seated on a bench was a man clothed in a spotted shirt, a red vest, and faded blue trousers, whose body was merely sticks of wood, jointed clumsily together. On his neck was set a round, yellow pumpkin, with a face carved on it such as a boy often carves on a jack-lantern. This queer man was engaged in snapping slippery pumpkin-seeds with his wooden fingers, trying to hit a target on the other side of the room with them. He did not know he had visitors until Dorothy exclaimed: "Why, it's Jack Pumpkinhead himself!

    The Road to Oz, ch. 16
• made of limbs of trees 1 chapter

  • Jack's body was very crude and awkward, being formed of limbs of trees of different sizes, jointed with wooden pegs.

    Glinda of Oz, ch. 14
• made of rough sticks 1 chapter

  • His form was made of rough sticks fitted together and dressed in ordinary clothes.

    Little Wizard Stories of Oz, ch. 5
• made of bark 1 chapter

  • His body, made of a tough piece of bark, was pinned together with wooden pegs.

    Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz, ch. 1
• colour various colors 1 chapter

  • red shirt--with white spots in it--blue trousers, a yellow vest, a jacket of green-and-gold

    The Patchwork Girl of Oz, ch. 19
• colour yellow 2 chapters

  • Seated on a bench was a man clothed in a spotted shirt, a red vest, and faded blue trousers, whose body was merely sticks of wood, jointed clumsily together. On his neck was set a round, yellow pumpkin, with a face carved on it such as a boy often carves on a jack-lantern. This queer man was engaged in snapping slippery pumpkin-seeds with his wooden fingers, trying to hit a target on the other side of the room with them. He did not know he had visitors until Dorothy exclaimed: "Why, it's Jack Pumpkinhead himself!

    The Road to Oz, ch. 16

  • This wooden framework was covered by a red shirt--with white spots in it--blue trousers, a yellow vest, a jacket of green-and-gold and stout leather shoes. The neck was a sharpened stick on which the pumpkin head was set, and the eyes, ears, nose and mouth were carved on the skin of the pumpkin, very like a child's jack-o'-lantern.

    The Patchwork Girl of Oz, ch. 19
• texture carved on the pumpkin's skin, like a child's jack-o'-lantern 1 chapter

  • This wooden framework was covered by a red shirt--with white spots in it--blue trousers, a yellow vest, a jacket of green-and-gold and stout leather shoes. The neck was a sharpened stick on which the pumpkin head was set, and the eyes, ears, nose and mouth were carved on the skin of the pumpkin, very like a child's jack-o'-lantern.

    The Patchwork Girl of Oz, ch. 19
• appearance not strictly beautiful, but broad and jolly in expression 1 chapter

  • The face, when completed, could not have been considered strictly beautiful; but it wore a smile so big and broad, and was so Jolly in expression, that even Tip laughed as he looked admiringly at his work.

    The Marvelous Land of Oz, ch. 1
• wears red shirt with white spots, blue trousers, yellow vest, jacket of green-and-gold, stout leather shoes 1 chapter

  • This wooden framework was covered by a red shirt--with white spots in it--blue trousers, a yellow vest, a jacket of green-and-gold and stout leather shoes.

    The Patchwork Girl of Oz, ch. 19
• wears a spotted shirt, a red vest, and faded blue trousers 1 chapter

  • Seated on a bench was a man clothed in a spotted shirt, a red vest, and faded blue trousers, whose body was merely sticks of wood, jointed clumsily together. On his neck was set a round, yellow pumpkin, with a face carved on it such as a boy often carves on a jack-lantern. This queer man was engaged in snapping slippery pumpkin-seeds with his wooden fingers, trying to hit a target on the other side of the room with them. He did not know he had visitors until Dorothy exclaimed: "Why, it's Jack Pumpkinhead himself!

    The Road to Oz, ch. 16
• wears purple trousers, pink waistcoat and red shirt 2 chapters

  • The purple trousers and pink waistcoat and red shirt hung loosely over the wooden joints Tip had manufactured, and the carved face on the pumpkin grinned perpetually, as if its wearer considered life the jolliest thing imaginable.

    The Marvelous Land of Oz, ch. 7

  • the powder sifted down from Jack’s head and scattered over the red shirt and pink waistcoat and purple trousers Tip had dressed him in

    The Marvelous Land of Oz, ch. 2
• wears a red waistcoat with jeweled brooches 1 chapter

  • He also pinned several jeweled brooches to Jack Pumpkinhead’s red waistcoat, and attached a lorgnette, by means of a fine chain, to the neck of the Saw-Horse.

    The Marvelous Land of Oz, ch. 20
• wears new, white kid gloves 1 chapter

  • Jack Pumpkinhead arrived, wearing a pair of new, white kid gloves; and he brought a birthday present for Ozma consisting of a necklace of pumpkin-seeds.

    The Road to Oz, ch. 21