Hand puppet

Museum number:
9-22265
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090022265
Accession number:
Acc.4735
Description:
Puppet, hand. Ghost. A. Head: wood, carved, half orange and half white with green, pink and black features, black and white hair. B. Body: cloth, white with red and yellow stripes. Legs: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, black and white. C. Robe: cloth, blue with birds and flowers embroidered, white rabbit fur trim. 43 x 35 cm (16 15/16 x 13 3/4 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:
height 43 centimeters and width 35 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 9 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22265, described as Puppet, hand. Ghost. A. Head: wood, carved, half orange and half white with green, pink and black features, black and white hair. B. Body: cloth, white with red and yellow stripes. Legs: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, black and white. C. Robe: cloth, blue with birds and flowers embroidered, white rabbit fur trim. 43 x 35 cm (16 15/16 x 13 3/4 in)Hearst Museum object 2 of 9 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22265, described as Puppet, hand. Ghost. A. Head: wood, carved, half orange and half white with green, pink and black features, black and white hair. B. Body: cloth, white with red and yellow stripes. Legs: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, black and white. C. Robe: cloth, blue with birds and flowers embroidered, white rabbit fur trim. 43 x 35 cm (16 15/16 x 13 3/4 in)Hearst Museum object 3 of 9 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22265, described as Puppet, hand. Ghost. A. Head: wood, carved, half orange and half white with green, pink and black features, black and white hair. B. Body: cloth, white with red and yellow stripes. Legs: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, black and white. C. Robe: cloth, blue with birds and flowers embroidered, white rabbit fur trim. 43 x 35 cm (16 15/16 x 13 3/4 in)Hearst Museum object 4 of 9 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22265, described as Puppet, hand. Ghost. A. Head: wood, carved, half orange and half white with green, pink and black features, black and white hair. B. Body: cloth, white with red and yellow stripes. Legs: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, black and white. C. Robe: cloth, blue with birds and flowers embroidered, white rabbit fur trim. 43 x 35 cm (16 15/16 x 13 3/4 in)Hearst Museum object 5 of 9 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22265, described as Puppet, hand. Ghost. A. Head: wood, carved, half orange and half white with green, pink and black features, black and white hair. B. Body: cloth, white with red and yellow stripes. Legs: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, black and white. C. Robe: cloth, blue with birds and flowers embroidered, white rabbit fur trim. 43 x 35 cm (16 15/16 x 13 3/4 in)Hearst Museum object 6 of 9 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22265, described as Puppet, hand. Ghost. A. Head: wood, carved, half orange and half white with green, pink and black features, black and white hair. B. Body: cloth, white with red and yellow stripes. Legs: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, black and white. C. Robe: cloth, blue with birds and flowers embroidered, white rabbit fur trim. 43 x 35 cm (16 15/16 x 13 3/4 in)Hearst Museum object 7 of 9 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22265, described as Puppet, hand. Ghost. A. Head: wood, carved, half orange and half white with green, pink and black features, black and white hair. B. Body: cloth, white with red and yellow stripes. Legs: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, black and white. C. Robe: cloth, blue with birds and flowers embroidered, white rabbit fur trim. 43 x 35 cm (16 15/16 x 13 3/4 in)Hearst Museum object 8 of 9 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22265, described as Puppet, hand. Ghost. A. Head: wood, carved, half orange and half white with green, pink and black features, black and white hair. B. Body: cloth, white with red and yellow stripes. Legs: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, black and white. C. Robe: cloth, blue with birds and flowers embroidered, white rabbit fur trim. 43 x 35 cm (16 15/16 x 13 3/4 in)Hearst Museum object 9 of 9 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22265, described as Puppet, hand. Ghost. A. Head: wood, carved, half orange and half white with green, pink and black features, black and white hair. B. Body: cloth, white with red and yellow stripes. Legs: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, black and white. C. Robe: cloth, blue with birds and flowers embroidered, white rabbit fur trim. 43 x 35 cm (16 15/16 x 13 3/4 in)

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