Hand puppet

Museum number:
9-22432
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090022432
Accession number:
Acc.4735
Description:
Puppet, hand. Grumpy Foreigner. A. Head: carved wood, white, red mouth, pink cheeks, brown, black and green eyes, 2 black trianges on forehead, long white hair. B. Body: cloth, red. Legs: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, black and gray. C. Robe: cloth, dark blue with silver, red, and gold trim and appliques, purple, green, blue, gold sequins and mirrors, red, green, white and yellow rabbit fur trim. 47 x 29 cm (18 1/2 x 11 7/16 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 47 centimeters and width 29 centimeters
Comment:
Labeled incorrectly as "9-22340a-c" as marked on neck/hairline and sewn labels on clothes.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22432, described as Puppet, hand. Grumpy Foreigner. A. Head: carved wood, white, red mouth, pink cheeks, brown, black and green eyes, 2 black trianges on forehead, long white hair. B. Body: cloth, red. Legs: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, black and gray. C. Robe: cloth, dark blue with silver, red, and gold trim and appliques, purple, green, blue, gold sequins and mirrors, red, green, white and yellow rabbit fur trim. 47 x 29 cm (18 1/2 x 11 7/16 in)Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22432, described as Puppet, hand. Grumpy Foreigner. A. Head: carved wood, white, red mouth, pink cheeks, brown, black and green eyes, 2 black trianges on forehead, long white hair. B. Body: cloth, red. Legs: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, black and gray. C. Robe: cloth, dark blue with silver, red, and gold trim and appliques, purple, green, blue, gold sequins and mirrors, red, green, white and yellow rabbit fur trim. 47 x 29 cm (18 1/2 x 11 7/16 in)Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22432, described as Puppet, hand. Grumpy Foreigner. A. Head: carved wood, white, red mouth, pink cheeks, brown, black and green eyes, 2 black trianges on forehead, long white hair. B. Body: cloth, red. Legs: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, black and gray. C. Robe: cloth, dark blue with silver, red, and gold trim and appliques, purple, green, blue, gold sequins and mirrors, red, green, white and yellow rabbit fur trim. 47 x 29 cm (18 1/2 x 11 7/16 in)Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22432, described as Puppet, hand. Grumpy Foreigner. A. Head: carved wood, white, red mouth, pink cheeks, brown, black and green eyes, 2 black trianges on forehead, long white hair. B. Body: cloth, red. Legs: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, black and gray. C. Robe: cloth, dark blue with silver, red, and gold trim and appliques, purple, green, blue, gold sequins and mirrors, red, green, white and yellow rabbit fur trim. 47 x 29 cm (18 1/2 x 11 7/16 in)

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