Hand puppet

Museum number:
9-22436
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090022436
Accession number:
Acc.4735
Description:
Puppet, hand. Buddha. A. Head: carved wood, white, pink mouth, blue, brown, and black eyes, pink cheeks, painted green curls and facial hair, red ushnisha, large ears. B. Body and legs: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, black and white. C. Robe: cloth, purple with blue and pink trim, dark and light pink flower-shaped sequins. 50 x 29 cm (19 11/16 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 50 centimeters and width 29 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22436, described as Puppet, hand. Buddha. A. Head: carved wood, white, pink mouth, blue, brown, and black eyes, pink cheeks, painted green curls and facial hair, red ushnisha, large ears. B. Body and legs: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, black and white. C. Robe: cloth, purple with blue and pink trim, dark and light pink flower-shaped sequins. 50 x 29 cm (19 11/16 x 11 7/16 in)Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22436, described as Puppet, hand. Buddha. A. Head: carved wood, white, pink mouth, blue, brown, and black eyes, pink cheeks, painted green curls and facial hair, red ushnisha, large ears. B. Body and legs: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, black and white. C. Robe: cloth, purple with blue and pink trim, dark and light pink flower-shaped sequins. 50 x 29 cm (19 11/16 x 11 7/16 in)Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22436, described as Puppet, hand. Buddha. A. Head: carved wood, white, pink mouth, blue, brown, and black eyes, pink cheeks, painted green curls and facial hair, red ushnisha, large ears. B. Body and legs: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, black and white. C. Robe: cloth, purple with blue and pink trim, dark and light pink flower-shaped sequins. 50 x 29 cm (19 11/16 x 11 7/16 in)Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22436, described as Puppet, hand. Buddha. A. Head: carved wood, white, pink mouth, blue, brown, and black eyes, pink cheeks, painted green curls and facial hair, red ushnisha, large ears. B. Body and legs: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, black and white. C. Robe: cloth, purple with blue and pink trim, dark and light pink flower-shaped sequins. 50 x 29 cm (19 11/16 x 11 7/16 in)Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22436, described as Puppet, hand. Buddha. A. Head: carved wood, white, pink mouth, blue, brown, and black eyes, pink cheeks, painted green curls and facial hair, red ushnisha, large ears. B. Body and legs: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, black and white. C. Robe: cloth, purple with blue and pink trim, dark and light pink flower-shaped sequins. 50 x 29 cm (19 11/16 x 11 7/16 in)Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22436, described as Puppet, hand. Buddha. A. Head: carved wood, white, pink mouth, blue, brown, and black eyes, pink cheeks, painted green curls and facial hair, red ushnisha, large ears. B. Body and legs: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, black and white. C. Robe: cloth, purple with blue and pink trim, dark and light pink flower-shaped sequins. 50 x 29 cm (19 11/16 x 11 7/16 in)

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