Hand puppet

Museum number:
9-22248
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090022248
Accession number:
Acc.4735
Description:
Puppet, hand. Emperor. A. Head: wood, carved, white with red and black features, black hair. B. Body: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, gray and yellow. C. Robe: cloth, green, sequins, orange plastic trim, dragon embrodiery , blue rabbit fur trim. 53 x 31 cm (20 7/8 x 12 3/16 in).
Donor:
Senzan Hsu
Collection place:
Taiwan
Verbatim coll. place:
Taiwan
Culture or time period:
Taiwanese
Collector:
The Hsu Family
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dragons and Hand puppets
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
December 15, 2003
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 31 centimeters and height 53 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22248, described as Puppet, hand. Emperor. A. Head: wood, carved, white with red and black features, black hair. B. Body: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, gray and yellow. C. Robe: cloth, green, sequins, orange plastic trim, dragon embrodiery , blue rabbit fur trim. 53 x 31 cm (20 7/8 x 12 3/16 in).Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22248, described as Puppet, hand. Emperor. A. Head: wood, carved, white with red and black features, black hair. B. Body: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, gray and yellow. C. Robe: cloth, green, sequins, orange plastic trim, dragon embrodiery , blue rabbit fur trim. 53 x 31 cm (20 7/8 x 12 3/16 in).Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22248, described as Puppet, hand. Emperor. A. Head: wood, carved, white with red and black features, black hair. B. Body: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, gray and yellow. C. Robe: cloth, green, sequins, orange plastic trim, dragon embrodiery , blue rabbit fur trim. 53 x 31 cm (20 7/8 x 12 3/16 in).Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22248, described as Puppet, hand. Emperor. A. Head: wood, carved, white with red and black features, black hair. B. Body: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, gray and yellow. C. Robe: cloth, green, sequins, orange plastic trim, dragon embrodiery , blue rabbit fur trim. 53 x 31 cm (20 7/8 x 12 3/16 in).Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22248, described as Puppet, hand. Emperor. A. Head: wood, carved, white with red and black features, black hair. B. Body: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, gray and yellow. C. Robe: cloth, green, sequins, orange plastic trim, dragon embrodiery , blue rabbit fur trim. 53 x 31 cm (20 7/8 x 12 3/16 in).Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22248, described as Puppet, hand. Emperor. A. Head: wood, carved, white with red and black features, black hair. B. Body: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, gray and yellow. C. Robe: cloth, green, sequins, orange plastic trim, dragon embrodiery , blue rabbit fur trim. 53 x 31 cm (20 7/8 x 12 3/16 in).

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