Hand puppet

Museum number:
9-22231
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090022231
Accession number:
Acc.4735
Description:
Puppet, hand. Clown A. Head: carved wood, white with pink, orange, green and black features, painted black skull cap, black beard and moustache B. Body: white cloth. Boots: wood, black. C. Robe: orange cloth, sequins, metal mirrors, green fringe, white rabbit fur trim 45cm x 30 cm (17 11/16 x 11 13/16 in)
Donor:
Senzan Hsu
Collection place:
Taiwan
Verbatim coll. place:
Taiwan
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:
height 45 centimeters and width 30 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22231, described as Puppet, hand. Clown A. Head: carved wood, white with pink, orange, green and black features, painted black skull cap, black beard and moustache B. Body: white cloth. Boots: wood, black. C. Robe: orange cloth, sequins, metal mirrors, green fringe, white rabbit fur trim 45cm x 30 cm (17 11/16 x 11 13/16 in)Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22231, described as Puppet, hand. Clown A. Head: carved wood, white with pink, orange, green and black features, painted black skull cap, black beard and moustache B. Body: white cloth. Boots: wood, black. C. Robe: orange cloth, sequins, metal mirrors, green fringe, white rabbit fur trim 45cm x 30 cm (17 11/16 x 11 13/16 in)Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22231, described as Puppet, hand. Clown A. Head: carved wood, white with pink, orange, green and black features, painted black skull cap, black beard and moustache B. Body: white cloth. Boots: wood, black. C. Robe: orange cloth, sequins, metal mirrors, green fringe, white rabbit fur trim 45cm x 30 cm (17 11/16 x 11 13/16 in)Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22231, described as Puppet, hand. Clown A. Head: carved wood, white with pink, orange, green and black features, painted black skull cap, black beard and moustache B. Body: white cloth. Boots: wood, black. C. Robe: orange cloth, sequins, metal mirrors, green fringe, white rabbit fur trim 45cm x 30 cm (17 11/16 x 11 13/16 in)Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22231, described as Puppet, hand. Clown A. Head: carved wood, white with pink, orange, green and black features, painted black skull cap, black beard and moustache B. Body: white cloth. Boots: wood, black. C. Robe: orange cloth, sequins, metal mirrors, green fringe, white rabbit fur trim 45cm x 30 cm (17 11/16 x 11 13/16 in)Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22231, described as Puppet, hand. Clown A. Head: carved wood, white with pink, orange, green and black features, painted black skull cap, black beard and moustache B. Body: white cloth. Boots: wood, black. C. Robe: orange cloth, sequins, metal mirrors, green fringe, white rabbit fur trim 45cm x 30 cm (17 11/16 x 11 13/16 in)

Tools