Hand puppet

Museum number:
9-22429
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090022429
Accession number:
Acc.4735
Description:
Puppet, hand. Thunder God. A. Head: carved wood, light blue, black eyes and eye brows, green beak, pink mouth, black hair, hole above left ear. B. Body: cloth, white. Legs: cloth, red and orange. Hands: wood, white. Boots: plastic, black. C. Robe: cloth, orange, yellow and gold, green metallic appliques characters "ghost", white fringe. 50 x 35 cm (19 11/16 x 13 3/4 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 35 centimeters and height 50 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22429, described as Puppet, hand. Thunder God. A. Head: carved wood, light blue, black eyes and eye brows, green beak, pink mouth, black hair, hole above left ear. B. Body: cloth, white. Legs: cloth, red and orange. Hands: wood, white. Boots: plastic, black. C. Robe: cloth, orange, yellow and gold, green metallic appliques characters "ghost", white fringe. 50 x 35 cm (19 11/16 x 13 3/4 in)Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22429, described as Puppet, hand. Thunder God. A. Head: carved wood, light blue, black eyes and eye brows, green beak, pink mouth, black hair, hole above left ear. B. Body: cloth, white. Legs: cloth, red and orange. Hands: wood, white. Boots: plastic, black. C. Robe: cloth, orange, yellow and gold, green metallic appliques characters "ghost", white fringe. 50 x 35 cm (19 11/16 x 13 3/4 in)Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22429, described as Puppet, hand. Thunder God. A. Head: carved wood, light blue, black eyes and eye brows, green beak, pink mouth, black hair, hole above left ear. B. Body: cloth, white. Legs: cloth, red and orange. Hands: wood, white. Boots: plastic, black. C. Robe: cloth, orange, yellow and gold, green metallic appliques characters "ghost", white fringe. 50 x 35 cm (19 11/16 x 13 3/4 in)Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22429, described as Puppet, hand. Thunder God. A. Head: carved wood, light blue, black eyes and eye brows, green beak, pink mouth, black hair, hole above left ear. B. Body: cloth, white. Legs: cloth, red and orange. Hands: wood, white. Boots: plastic, black. C. Robe: cloth, orange, yellow and gold, green metallic appliques characters "ghost", white fringe. 50 x 35 cm (19 11/16 x 13 3/4 in)

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