"Poesjenellen" are " rod puppets" , manipulated by the pupeteer with two rods, one through the heas, one one through one of his hands.

The word "poesjenel" is derived from "pulcinella" a comic character in the italian comic theatre of the middle ages. 

Later on, this character was introduced in puppets theatre in Palermo, Sicily.

Puppeteers traveling through .Europe took their puppets with, and introduced "pulcinella" in a lot of different european countries. 

Pulchinella became "Punch" in the United Kingdom, Prutzenel in Russia, etc.

Puppet theaters were very popular in Antwerp in the 19th century.