Hand puppet

Museum number:
9-22266
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090022266
Alternate number:
37 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4735
Description:
Puppet, hand. Warrior. A. Head: carved wood, white with orange, green and black features and pink hair. B. Body: cloth, white. Legs: cloth, yellow, blue, pink. Hands: white plastic, hinged. Boots: black plastic. C. Robe: green cloth, green and purple sequins, yellow rabbit fur trim.
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 34 centimeters
Comment:
Replacement body, hands and boots.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22266, described as Puppet, hand. Warrior. A. Head: carved wood, white with orange, green and black features and pink hair. B. Body: cloth, white. Legs: cloth, yellow, blue, pink. Hands: white plastic, hinged. Boots: black plastic. C. Robe: green cloth, green and purple sequins, yellow rabbit fur trim.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22266, described as Puppet, hand. Warrior. A. Head: carved wood, white with orange, green and black features and pink hair. B. Body: cloth, white. Legs: cloth, yellow, blue, pink. Hands: white plastic, hinged. Boots: black plastic. C. Robe: green cloth, green and purple sequins, yellow rabbit fur trim.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22266, described as Puppet, hand. Warrior. A. Head: carved wood, white with orange, green and black features and pink hair. B. Body: cloth, white. Legs: cloth, yellow, blue, pink. Hands: white plastic, hinged. Boots: black plastic. C. Robe: green cloth, green and purple sequins, yellow rabbit fur trim.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22266, described as Puppet, hand. Warrior. A. Head: carved wood, white with orange, green and black features and pink hair. B. Body: cloth, white. Legs: cloth, yellow, blue, pink. Hands: white plastic, hinged. Boots: black plastic. C. Robe: green cloth, green and purple sequins, yellow rabbit fur trim.

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