Hand puppet

Museum number:
9-22237
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090022237
Accession number:
Acc.4735
Description:
Puppet, hand. Black Ghost A. Head: carved wood, black with three circles, green orange and yellow, over each eye, back of head is blue B. Body: cloth, tan. Boots: wood, black and white. C. Robe: white and orange cloth, pink, blue, green and gold sequins, yellow, red and blue rabbit fur trim 46 x 37 (18 1/8 x 14 9/16 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 37 centimeters and height 46 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 7 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22237, described as Puppet, hand. Black Ghost A. Head: carved wood, black with three circles, green orange and yellow, over each eye, back of head is blue B. Body: cloth, tan. Boots: wood, black and white. C. Robe: white and orange cloth, pink, blue, green and gold sequins, yellow, red and blue rabbit fur trim 46 x 37 (18 1/8 x 14 9/16 in)Hearst Museum object 2 of 7 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22237, described as Puppet, hand. Black Ghost A. Head: carved wood, black with three circles, green orange and yellow, over each eye, back of head is blue B. Body: cloth, tan. Boots: wood, black and white. C. Robe: white and orange cloth, pink, blue, green and gold sequins, yellow, red and blue rabbit fur trim 46 x 37 (18 1/8 x 14 9/16 in)Hearst Museum object 3 of 7 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22237, described as Puppet, hand. Black Ghost A. Head: carved wood, black with three circles, green orange and yellow, over each eye, back of head is blue B. Body: cloth, tan. Boots: wood, black and white. C. Robe: white and orange cloth, pink, blue, green and gold sequins, yellow, red and blue rabbit fur trim 46 x 37 (18 1/8 x 14 9/16 in)Hearst Museum object 4 of 7 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22237, described as Puppet, hand. Black Ghost A. Head: carved wood, black with three circles, green orange and yellow, over each eye, back of head is blue B. Body: cloth, tan. Boots: wood, black and white. C. Robe: white and orange cloth, pink, blue, green and gold sequins, yellow, red and blue rabbit fur trim 46 x 37 (18 1/8 x 14 9/16 in)Hearst Museum object 5 of 7 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22237, described as Puppet, hand. Black Ghost A. Head: carved wood, black with three circles, green orange and yellow, over each eye, back of head is blue B. Body: cloth, tan. Boots: wood, black and white. C. Robe: white and orange cloth, pink, blue, green and gold sequins, yellow, red and blue rabbit fur trim 46 x 37 (18 1/8 x 14 9/16 in)Hearst Museum object 6 of 7 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22237, described as Puppet, hand. Black Ghost A. Head: carved wood, black with three circles, green orange and yellow, over each eye, back of head is blue B. Body: cloth, tan. Boots: wood, black and white. C. Robe: white and orange cloth, pink, blue, green and gold sequins, yellow, red and blue rabbit fur trim 46 x 37 (18 1/8 x 14 9/16 in)Hearst Museum object 7 of 7 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22237, described as Puppet, hand. Black Ghost A. Head: carved wood, black with three circles, green orange and yellow, over each eye, back of head is blue B. Body: cloth, tan. Boots: wood, black and white. C. Robe: white and orange cloth, pink, blue, green and gold sequins, yellow, red and blue rabbit fur trim 46 x 37 (18 1/8 x 14 9/16 in)

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