Hand puppet

Museum number:
9-22426
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090022426
Accession number:
Acc.4735
Description:
Puppet, hand. Grostesque. A. Head: carved wood, white, open orange mouth, blue, green and black eyes, 3 ridges on head, each with a strip of short black hair, black facial hair. B. Body and legs: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white, pink nails. Boots: wood, gray and yellow. C. Robe: cloth, pink, gold couching, green and pink sequins, plastic appliques: red and blue striped, pink, orange, green, blue and white flowered, green, yellow and purple, rabbit fur trim. 48 x 36 cm (18 7/8 x 14 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:
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 48 centimeters and width 36 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22426, described as Puppet, hand. Grostesque. A. Head: carved wood, white, open orange mouth, blue, green and black eyes, 3 ridges on head, each with a strip of short black hair, black facial hair. B. Body and legs: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white, pink nails. Boots: wood, gray and yellow. C. Robe: cloth, pink, gold couching, green and pink sequins, plastic appliques: red and blue striped, pink, orange, green, blue and white flowered, green, yellow and purple, rabbit fur trim. 48 x 36 cm (18 7/8 x 14 3/16 in)Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22426, described as Puppet, hand. Grostesque. A. Head: carved wood, white, open orange mouth, blue, green and black eyes, 3 ridges on head, each with a strip of short black hair, black facial hair. B. Body and legs: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white, pink nails. Boots: wood, gray and yellow. C. Robe: cloth, pink, gold couching, green and pink sequins, plastic appliques: red and blue striped, pink, orange, green, blue and white flowered, green, yellow and purple, rabbit fur trim. 48 x 36 cm (18 7/8 x 14 3/16 in)Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22426, described as Puppet, hand. Grostesque. A. Head: carved wood, white, open orange mouth, blue, green and black eyes, 3 ridges on head, each with a strip of short black hair, black facial hair. B. Body and legs: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white, pink nails. Boots: wood, gray and yellow. C. Robe: cloth, pink, gold couching, green and pink sequins, plastic appliques: red and blue striped, pink, orange, green, blue and white flowered, green, yellow and purple, rabbit fur trim. 48 x 36 cm (18 7/8 x 14 3/16 in)Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22426, described as Puppet, hand. Grostesque. A. Head: carved wood, white, open orange mouth, blue, green and black eyes, 3 ridges on head, each with a strip of short black hair, black facial hair. B. Body and legs: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white, pink nails. Boots: wood, gray and yellow. C. Robe: cloth, pink, gold couching, green and pink sequins, plastic appliques: red and blue striped, pink, orange, green, blue and white flowered, green, yellow and purple, rabbit fur trim. 48 x 36 cm (18 7/8 x 14 3/16 in)Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22426, described as Puppet, hand. Grostesque. A. Head: carved wood, white, open orange mouth, blue, green and black eyes, 3 ridges on head, each with a strip of short black hair, black facial hair. B. Body and legs: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white, pink nails. Boots: wood, gray and yellow. C. Robe: cloth, pink, gold couching, green and pink sequins, plastic appliques: red and blue striped, pink, orange, green, blue and white flowered, green, yellow and purple, rabbit fur trim. 48 x 36 cm (18 7/8 x 14 3/16 in)Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22426, described as Puppet, hand. Grostesque. A. Head: carved wood, white, open orange mouth, blue, green and black eyes, 3 ridges on head, each with a strip of short black hair, black facial hair. B. Body and legs: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white, pink nails. Boots: wood, gray and yellow. C. Robe: cloth, pink, gold couching, green and pink sequins, plastic appliques: red and blue striped, pink, orange, green, blue and white flowered, green, yellow and purple, rabbit fur trim. 48 x 36 cm (18 7/8 x 14 3/16 in)

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