Hand puppet

Museum number:
9-22235
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090022235
Accession number:
Acc.4735
Description:
Puppet, hand. Foreign Princess A. Head: carved wood, light orange with pink, green and black features, long, black hair with beads in it B. Body: red and pink flowered print cloth, Boots: wood, black and white. C. Dress: green cloth with purple sequins, sheer white overlay 48 x 31 cm (18 7/8 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:
height 48 centimeters and width 31 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22235, described as Puppet, hand. Foreign Princess A. Head: carved wood, light orange with pink, green and black features, long, black hair with beads in it B. Body: red and pink flowered print cloth, Boots: wood, black and white. C. Dress: green cloth with purple sequins, sheer white overlay 48 x 31 cm (18 7/8 x 12 3/16 in)Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22235, described as Puppet, hand. Foreign Princess A. Head: carved wood, light orange with pink, green and black features, long, black hair with beads in it B. Body: red and pink flowered print cloth, Boots: wood, black and white. C. Dress: green cloth with purple sequins, sheer white overlay 48 x 31 cm (18 7/8 x 12 3/16 in)Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22235, described as Puppet, hand. Foreign Princess A. Head: carved wood, light orange with pink, green and black features, long, black hair with beads in it B. Body: red and pink flowered print cloth, Boots: wood, black and white. C. Dress: green cloth with purple sequins, sheer white overlay 48 x 31 cm (18 7/8 x 12 3/16 in)Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22235, described as Puppet, hand. Foreign Princess A. Head: carved wood, light orange with pink, green and black features, long, black hair with beads in it B. Body: red and pink flowered print cloth, Boots: wood, black and white. C. Dress: green cloth with purple sequins, sheer white overlay 48 x 31 cm (18 7/8 x 12 3/16 in)Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22235, described as Puppet, hand. Foreign Princess A. Head: carved wood, light orange with pink, green and black features, long, black hair with beads in it B. Body: red and pink flowered print cloth, Boots: wood, black and white. C. Dress: green cloth with purple sequins, sheer white overlay 48 x 31 cm (18 7/8 x 12 3/16 in)Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22235, described as Puppet, hand. Foreign Princess A. Head: carved wood, light orange with pink, green and black features, long, black hair with beads in it B. Body: red and pink flowered print cloth, Boots: wood, black and white. C. Dress: green cloth with purple sequins, sheer white overlay 48 x 31 cm (18 7/8 x 12 3/16 in)

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