Hand puppet

Museum number:
9-22258
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090022258
Accession number:
Acc.4735
Description:
Puppet, hand. Young Boy. A. Head: wood, carved. red, green and black features, back and top of head painted black and gray, black hair in pigtails. B. Body: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, black and white. C. Robe: cloth, yellow with red trim and fringe. 47 x 27 cm (18 1/2 x 10 5/8 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:
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 27 centimeters and height 47 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 9 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22258, described as Puppet, hand. Young Boy. A. Head: wood, carved. red, green and black features, back and top of head painted black and gray, black hair in pigtails. B. Body: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, black and white. C. Robe: cloth, yellow with red trim and fringe. 47 x 27 cm (18 1/2 x 10 5/8 in).Hearst Museum object 2 of 9 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22258, described as Puppet, hand. Young Boy. A. Head: wood, carved. red, green and black features, back and top of head painted black and gray, black hair in pigtails. B. Body: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, black and white. C. Robe: cloth, yellow with red trim and fringe. 47 x 27 cm (18 1/2 x 10 5/8 in).Hearst Museum object 3 of 9 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22258, described as Puppet, hand. Young Boy. A. Head: wood, carved. red, green and black features, back and top of head painted black and gray, black hair in pigtails. B. Body: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, black and white. C. Robe: cloth, yellow with red trim and fringe. 47 x 27 cm (18 1/2 x 10 5/8 in).Hearst Museum object 4 of 9 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22258, described as Puppet, hand. Young Boy. A. Head: wood, carved. red, green and black features, back and top of head painted black and gray, black hair in pigtails. B. Body: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, black and white. C. Robe: cloth, yellow with red trim and fringe. 47 x 27 cm (18 1/2 x 10 5/8 in).Hearst Museum object 5 of 9 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22258, described as Puppet, hand. Young Boy. A. Head: wood, carved. red, green and black features, back and top of head painted black and gray, black hair in pigtails. B. Body: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, black and white. C. Robe: cloth, yellow with red trim and fringe. 47 x 27 cm (18 1/2 x 10 5/8 in).Hearst Museum object 6 of 9 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22258, described as Puppet, hand. Young Boy. A. Head: wood, carved. red, green and black features, back and top of head painted black and gray, black hair in pigtails. B. Body: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, black and white. C. Robe: cloth, yellow with red trim and fringe. 47 x 27 cm (18 1/2 x 10 5/8 in).Hearst Museum object 7 of 9 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22258, described as Puppet, hand. Young Boy. A. Head: wood, carved. red, green and black features, back and top of head painted black and gray, black hair in pigtails. B. Body: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, black and white. C. Robe: cloth, yellow with red trim and fringe. 47 x 27 cm (18 1/2 x 10 5/8 in).Hearst Museum object 8 of 9 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22258, described as Puppet, hand. Young Boy. A. Head: wood, carved. red, green and black features, back and top of head painted black and gray, black hair in pigtails. B. Body: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, black and white. C. Robe: cloth, yellow with red trim and fringe. 47 x 27 cm (18 1/2 x 10 5/8 in).Hearst Museum object 9 of 9 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22258, described as Puppet, hand. Young Boy. A. Head: wood, carved. red, green and black features, back and top of head painted black and gray, black hair in pigtails. B. Body: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, black and white. C. Robe: cloth, yellow with red trim and fringe. 47 x 27 cm (18 1/2 x 10 5/8 in).

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