Hand puppet

Museum number:
9-22416
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4735
Description:
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
Accession date:
December 15, 2003
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 24 centimeters and height 51 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22416, described as 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)Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22416, described as 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)Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22416, described as 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)Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22416, described as 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)Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22416, described as 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)Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22416, described as 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)

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