Hand puppet

Museum number:
9-22259
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090022259
Accession number:
Acc.4735
Description:
Puppet, hand. Shoulao. A. Head: wood, carved, pink with orange, green and black features, white hair and beard. B. Body: cloth, white. Legs: cloth, blue with white flowers. Hands: wood, pink. Boots: wood, black and white. C. Robe: cloth, yellow, red and blue, sequins, green and red fringe. 44 x 31 cm (17 5/16 x 12 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:
width 31 centimeters and height 44 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22259, described as Puppet, hand. Shoulao. A. Head: wood, carved, pink with orange, green and black features, white hair and beard. B. Body: cloth, white. Legs: cloth, blue with white flowers. Hands: wood, pink. Boots: wood, black and white. C. Robe: cloth, yellow, red and blue, sequins, green and red fringe. 44 x 31 cm (17 5/16 x 12 3/16 in).Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22259, described as Puppet, hand. Shoulao. A. Head: wood, carved, pink with orange, green and black features, white hair and beard. B. Body: cloth, white. Legs: cloth, blue with white flowers. Hands: wood, pink. Boots: wood, black and white. C. Robe: cloth, yellow, red and blue, sequins, green and red fringe. 44 x 31 cm (17 5/16 x 12 3/16 in).Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22259, described as Puppet, hand. Shoulao. A. Head: wood, carved, pink with orange, green and black features, white hair and beard. B. Body: cloth, white. Legs: cloth, blue with white flowers. Hands: wood, pink. Boots: wood, black and white. C. Robe: cloth, yellow, red and blue, sequins, green and red fringe. 44 x 31 cm (17 5/16 x 12 3/16 in).Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22259, described as Puppet, hand. Shoulao. A. Head: wood, carved, pink with orange, green and black features, white hair and beard. B. Body: cloth, white. Legs: cloth, blue with white flowers. Hands: wood, pink. Boots: wood, black and white. C. Robe: cloth, yellow, red and blue, sequins, green and red fringe. 44 x 31 cm (17 5/16 x 12 3/16 in).Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22259, described as Puppet, hand. Shoulao. A. Head: wood, carved, pink with orange, green and black features, white hair and beard. B. Body: cloth, white. Legs: cloth, blue with white flowers. Hands: wood, pink. Boots: wood, black and white. C. Robe: cloth, yellow, red and blue, sequins, green and red fringe. 44 x 31 cm (17 5/16 x 12 3/16 in).Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22259, described as Puppet, hand. Shoulao. A. Head: wood, carved, pink with orange, green and black features, white hair and beard. B. Body: cloth, white. Legs: cloth, blue with white flowers. Hands: wood, pink. Boots: wood, black and white. C. Robe: cloth, yellow, red and blue, sequins, green and red fringe. 44 x 31 cm (17 5/16 x 12 3/16 in).

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