Hand puppet

Museum number:
9-22275
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090022275
Accession number:
Acc.4735
Description:
Puppet, hand. Ghost. A. Head: wood, carved, pink with orange and brown features, black skull cap, black beard. B. Body with legs: cloth, blue. Hands: wood, pink. Boots: wood, black and white. C. Robe: cloth, red with white lace, blue fringe and sequings. 50 x 33 cm (19 11/16 x 13 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 33 centimeters and height 50 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 9 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22275, described as Puppet, hand. Ghost. A. Head: wood, carved, pink with orange and brown features, black skull cap, black beard. B. Body with legs: cloth, blue. Hands: wood, pink. Boots: wood, black and white. C. Robe: cloth, red with white lace, blue fringe and sequings. 50 x 33 cm (19 11/16 x 13 in).Hearst Museum object 2 of 9 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22275, described as Puppet, hand. Ghost. A. Head: wood, carved, pink with orange and brown features, black skull cap, black beard. B. Body with legs: cloth, blue. Hands: wood, pink. Boots: wood, black and white. C. Robe: cloth, red with white lace, blue fringe and sequings. 50 x 33 cm (19 11/16 x 13 in).Hearst Museum object 3 of 9 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22275, described as Puppet, hand. Ghost. A. Head: wood, carved, pink with orange and brown features, black skull cap, black beard. B. Body with legs: cloth, blue. Hands: wood, pink. Boots: wood, black and white. C. Robe: cloth, red with white lace, blue fringe and sequings. 50 x 33 cm (19 11/16 x 13 in).Hearst Museum object 4 of 9 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22275, described as Puppet, hand. Ghost. A. Head: wood, carved, pink with orange and brown features, black skull cap, black beard. B. Body with legs: cloth, blue. Hands: wood, pink. Boots: wood, black and white. C. Robe: cloth, red with white lace, blue fringe and sequings. 50 x 33 cm (19 11/16 x 13 in).Hearst Museum object 5 of 9 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22275, described as Puppet, hand. Ghost. A. Head: wood, carved, pink with orange and brown features, black skull cap, black beard. B. Body with legs: cloth, blue. Hands: wood, pink. Boots: wood, black and white. C. Robe: cloth, red with white lace, blue fringe and sequings. 50 x 33 cm (19 11/16 x 13 in).Hearst Museum object 6 of 9 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22275, described as Puppet, hand. Ghost. A. Head: wood, carved, pink with orange and brown features, black skull cap, black beard. B. Body with legs: cloth, blue. Hands: wood, pink. Boots: wood, black and white. C. Robe: cloth, red with white lace, blue fringe and sequings. 50 x 33 cm (19 11/16 x 13 in).Hearst Museum object 7 of 9 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22275, described as Puppet, hand. Ghost. A. Head: wood, carved, pink with orange and brown features, black skull cap, black beard. B. Body with legs: cloth, blue. Hands: wood, pink. Boots: wood, black and white. C. Robe: cloth, red with white lace, blue fringe and sequings. 50 x 33 cm (19 11/16 x 13 in).Hearst Museum object 8 of 9 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22275, described as Puppet, hand. Ghost. A. Head: wood, carved, pink with orange and brown features, black skull cap, black beard. B. Body with legs: cloth, blue. Hands: wood, pink. Boots: wood, black and white. C. Robe: cloth, red with white lace, blue fringe and sequings. 50 x 33 cm (19 11/16 x 13 in).Hearst Museum object 9 of 9 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22275, described as Puppet, hand. Ghost. A. Head: wood, carved, pink with orange and brown features, black skull cap, black beard. B. Body with legs: cloth, blue. Hands: wood, pink. Boots: wood, black and white. C. Robe: cloth, red with white lace, blue fringe and sequings. 50 x 33 cm (19 11/16 x 13 in).

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