Figurine

Museum number:
9-17239
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3934
Description:
Fish, paper. Has green ink “fin” elaboration; body has honeycomb crepe paper on both sides in yellow, red and green; yellow and purple foil eyes; damaged green paper gills; attached to top with string to thin bamboo stick. Paper toys, fish for festival use.
Donor:
Beth Harnex MacLafferty Blake
Collection place:
Vietnam
Culture or time period:
Vietnamese
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama and 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
April 1, 1984
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Figurine, accession number 9-17239, described as Fish, paper. Has green ink “fin” elaboration; body has honeycomb crepe paper on both sides in yellow, red and green; yellow and purple foil eyes; damaged green paper gills; attached to top with string to thin bamboo stick. Paper toys, fish for festival use.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Figurine, accession number 9-17239, described as Fish, paper. Has green ink “fin” elaboration; body has honeycomb crepe paper on both sides in yellow, red and green; yellow and purple foil eyes; damaged green paper gills; attached to top with string to thin bamboo stick. Paper toys, fish for festival use.

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