Hand puppet

Museum number:
9-22410
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090022410
Accession number:
Acc.4735
Description:
Puppet, hand. Old Foreigner. A. Head: carved wood, pink with black, green, red and brown painted mask, long white hair, half in bun with brown ribbon. B. Body and legs: white cloth. Hands: white wood, red nails. Boots: left is green plastic, right is gray and yellow wood. C. Robe: cloth, metallic silver with red, blue and pink plastic foil, purple and blue rabbit fur trim. 52 x 40 cm (20 1/2 x 15 3/4 in)
Donor:
Senzan Hsu
Collection place:
Taiwan
Verbatim coll. place:
Taiwan
Culture or time period:
Taiwanese
Collector:
The Hsu Family
Materials:
Cloth (wood, cloth) and 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 52 centimeters and width 40 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22410, described as Puppet, hand. Old Foreigner. A. Head: carved wood, pink with black, green, red and brown painted mask, long white hair, half in bun with brown ribbon. B. Body and legs: white cloth. Hands: white wood, red nails. Boots: left is green plastic, right is gray and yellow wood. C. Robe: cloth, metallic silver with red, blue and pink plastic foil, purple and blue rabbit fur trim. 52 x 40 cm (20 1/2 x 15 3/4 in)Hearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22410, described as Puppet, hand. Old Foreigner. A. Head: carved wood, pink with black, green, red and brown painted mask, long white hair, half in bun with brown ribbon. B. Body and legs: white cloth. Hands: white wood, red nails. Boots: left is green plastic, right is gray and yellow wood. C. Robe: cloth, metallic silver with red, blue and pink plastic foil, purple and blue rabbit fur trim. 52 x 40 cm (20 1/2 x 15 3/4 in)Hearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22410, described as Puppet, hand. Old Foreigner. A. Head: carved wood, pink with black, green, red and brown painted mask, long white hair, half in bun with brown ribbon. B. Body and legs: white cloth. Hands: white wood, red nails. Boots: left is green plastic, right is gray and yellow wood. C. Robe: cloth, metallic silver with red, blue and pink plastic foil, purple and blue rabbit fur trim. 52 x 40 cm (20 1/2 x 15 3/4 in)Hearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22410, described as Puppet, hand. Old Foreigner. A. Head: carved wood, pink with black, green, red and brown painted mask, long white hair, half in bun with brown ribbon. B. Body and legs: white cloth. Hands: white wood, red nails. Boots: left is green plastic, right is gray and yellow wood. C. Robe: cloth, metallic silver with red, blue and pink plastic foil, purple and blue rabbit fur trim. 52 x 40 cm (20 1/2 x 15 3/4 in)Hearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22410, described as Puppet, hand. Old Foreigner. A. Head: carved wood, pink with black, green, red and brown painted mask, long white hair, half in bun with brown ribbon. B. Body and legs: white cloth. Hands: white wood, red nails. Boots: left is green plastic, right is gray and yellow wood. C. Robe: cloth, metallic silver with red, blue and pink plastic foil, purple and blue rabbit fur trim. 52 x 40 cm (20 1/2 x 15 3/4 in)

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