Hand puppet

Museum number:
9-22244
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4735
Description:
Puppet, hand. Ghost. A. Head: wood, carved, brown with black, white and orange features, white hair. B. Body: cloth, white. Hands: plastic, white. Boots: wood, black. C. Robe: cloth, green and purple. silver sequins, black fringe. 49 x 30 cm (19 5/16 x 11 13/16in).
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 30 centimeters and height 49 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22244, described as Puppet, hand. Ghost. A. Head: wood, carved, brown with black, white and orange features, white hair. B. Body: cloth, white. Hands: plastic, white. Boots: wood, black. C. Robe: cloth, green and purple. silver sequins, black fringe. 49 x 30 cm (19 5/16 x 11 13/16in).Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22244, described as Puppet, hand. Ghost. A. Head: wood, carved, brown with black, white and orange features, white hair. B. Body: cloth, white. Hands: plastic, white. Boots: wood, black. C. Robe: cloth, green and purple. silver sequins, black fringe. 49 x 30 cm (19 5/16 x 11 13/16in).Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22244, described as Puppet, hand. Ghost. A. Head: wood, carved, brown with black, white and orange features, white hair. B. Body: cloth, white. Hands: plastic, white. Boots: wood, black. C. Robe: cloth, green and purple. silver sequins, black fringe. 49 x 30 cm (19 5/16 x 11 13/16in).Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22244, described as Puppet, hand. Ghost. A. Head: wood, carved, brown with black, white and orange features, white hair. B. Body: cloth, white. Hands: plastic, white. Boots: wood, black. C. Robe: cloth, green and purple. silver sequins, black fringe. 49 x 30 cm (19 5/16 x 11 13/16in).Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22244, described as Puppet, hand. Ghost. A. Head: wood, carved, brown with black, white and orange features, white hair. B. Body: cloth, white. Hands: plastic, white. Boots: wood, black. C. Robe: cloth, green and purple. silver sequins, black fringe. 49 x 30 cm (19 5/16 x 11 13/16in).Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22244, described as Puppet, hand. Ghost. A. Head: wood, carved, brown with black, white and orange features, white hair. B. Body: cloth, white. Hands: plastic, white. Boots: wood, black. C. Robe: cloth, green and purple. silver sequins, black fringe. 49 x 30 cm (19 5/16 x 11 13/16in).

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