Puppet

Museum number:
9-11124
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090011124
Alternate number:
54 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2696
Description:
puppet representing monkey on stick; cotton, tissue, stick, wire, paper; 52 cm length; 11 cm width
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
Udaipur district, Rajasthan, India
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Rajasthan, Udaipur district
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro
Collection date:
August 1969
Materials:
Bamboo (material), Cotton (textile), and Paper (fiber product)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Puppets (recreational artifacts)
Function:
6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Accession date:
November 11, 1970
Context of use:
played with anytime by children; held by stick, moved around; usu. sold at festivals; made by lower castes.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 11 centimeters and length 52 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Puppet, accession number 9-11124, described as puppet representing monkey on stick; cotton, tissue, stick, wire, paper; 52 cm length; 11 cm widthHearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Puppet, accession number 9-11124, described as puppet representing monkey on stick; cotton, tissue, stick, wire, paper; 52 cm length; 11 cm widthHearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Puppet, accession number 9-11124, described as puppet representing monkey on stick; cotton, tissue, stick, wire, paper; 52 cm length; 11 cm width
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Puppet, accession number 9-11124, described as puppet representing monkey on stick; cotton, tissue, stick, wire, paper; 52 cm length; 11 cm width

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