Hand puppet

Museum number:
9-22439
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090022439
Accession number:
Acc.4735
Description:
Handpuppet. Foreign Woman. A. Head: carved wood, white, red mouth, pink cheeks, brown, black, green and white eyes, black hair, short in front, long in back. B. Body and legs: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white, red nails. Boots: wood, gray and white. C. Robe: cloth, pink, red sleeves, blue, purple and green edges, yellow and red butterfly on front, sequins, silver couching, white and yellow rabbit fur trim. 48 x 26 cm (18 7/8 x 10 1/4 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 26 centimeters and height 48 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22439, described as Handpuppet. Foreign Woman. A. Head: carved wood, white, red mouth, pink cheeks, brown, black, green and white eyes, black hair, short in front, long in back. B. Body and legs: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white, red nails. Boots: wood, gray and white. C. Robe: cloth, pink, red sleeves, blue, purple and green edges, yellow and red butterfly on front, sequins, silver couching, white and yellow rabbit fur trim. 48 x 26 cm (18 7/8 x 10 1/4 in)Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22439, described as Handpuppet. Foreign Woman. A. Head: carved wood, white, red mouth, pink cheeks, brown, black, green and white eyes, black hair, short in front, long in back. B. Body and legs: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white, red nails. Boots: wood, gray and white. C. Robe: cloth, pink, red sleeves, blue, purple and green edges, yellow and red butterfly on front, sequins, silver couching, white and yellow rabbit fur trim. 48 x 26 cm (18 7/8 x 10 1/4 in)Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22439, described as Handpuppet. Foreign Woman. A. Head: carved wood, white, red mouth, pink cheeks, brown, black, green and white eyes, black hair, short in front, long in back. B. Body and legs: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white, red nails. Boots: wood, gray and white. C. Robe: cloth, pink, red sleeves, blue, purple and green edges, yellow and red butterfly on front, sequins, silver couching, white and yellow rabbit fur trim. 48 x 26 cm (18 7/8 x 10 1/4 in)Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22439, described as Handpuppet. Foreign Woman. A. Head: carved wood, white, red mouth, pink cheeks, brown, black, green and white eyes, black hair, short in front, long in back. B. Body and legs: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white, red nails. Boots: wood, gray and white. C. Robe: cloth, pink, red sleeves, blue, purple and green edges, yellow and red butterfly on front, sequins, silver couching, white and yellow rabbit fur trim. 48 x 26 cm (18 7/8 x 10 1/4 in)Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22439, described as Handpuppet. Foreign Woman. A. Head: carved wood, white, red mouth, pink cheeks, brown, black, green and white eyes, black hair, short in front, long in back. B. Body and legs: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white, red nails. Boots: wood, gray and white. C. Robe: cloth, pink, red sleeves, blue, purple and green edges, yellow and red butterfly on front, sequins, silver couching, white and yellow rabbit fur trim. 48 x 26 cm (18 7/8 x 10 1/4 in)Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22439, described as Handpuppet. Foreign Woman. A. Head: carved wood, white, red mouth, pink cheeks, brown, black, green and white eyes, black hair, short in front, long in back. B. Body and legs: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white, red nails. Boots: wood, gray and white. C. Robe: cloth, pink, red sleeves, blue, purple and green edges, yellow and red butterfly on front, sequins, silver couching, white and yellow rabbit fur trim. 48 x 26 cm (18 7/8 x 10 1/4 in)

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