Puppet, hand. King. A. Head: carved wood, off-white with orange, green, brown and black features, red-orange hair with 2 high ponytails, crown: wire wrapped in fabric with pink, blue white and gold beads B. Body: white cloth. Legs: green-brown cloth. Hands: wood, white, orange nails. Boots: wood, black and white. C. Robe: cloth, metallic purple, silver applique, yellow and blue fringe. 51 x 24 cm (20 1/16 x 9 7/16 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