Hand puppet

Museum number:
9-22446
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4735
Description:
Puppet, hand. Immortal. A. Head: carved wood, light pink, bright pink cheeks, red mouth, black, green and brown eyes, long white hair, hole on top of head. B. Body: cloth, black. Legs: cloth, red and white flowered. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, black. C. Robe: cloth, yellow with metallic pink-purple appliques, silver sequins, yinyang, blue and red rabbit fure trim. 50 x 25 cm (19 11/16 x 9 13/16 in). Bag with one bead with object, 5/23/12, AT.
Donor:
Senzan Hsu
Collection place:
Taiwan
Verbatim coll. place:
Taiwan
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 25 centimeters and height 50 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22446, described as Puppet, hand. Immortal. A. Head: carved wood, light pink, bright pink cheeks, red mouth, black, green and brown eyes, long white hair, hole on top of head. B. Body: cloth, black. Legs: cloth, red and white flowered. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, black. C. Robe: cloth, yellow with metallic pink-purple appliques, silver sequins, yinyang, blue and red rabbit fure trim. 50 x 25 cm (19 11/16 x 9 13/16 in). Bag with one bead with object, 5/23/12, AT.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22446, described as Puppet, hand. Immortal. A. Head: carved wood, light pink, bright pink cheeks, red mouth, black, green and brown eyes, long white hair, hole on top of head. B. Body: cloth, black. Legs: cloth, red and white flowered. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, black. C. Robe: cloth, yellow with metallic pink-purple appliques, silver sequins, yinyang, blue and red rabbit fure trim. 50 x 25 cm (19 11/16 x 9 13/16 in). Bag with one bead with object, 5/23/12, AT.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22446, described as Puppet, hand. Immortal. A. Head: carved wood, light pink, bright pink cheeks, red mouth, black, green and brown eyes, long white hair, hole on top of head. B. Body: cloth, black. Legs: cloth, red and white flowered. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, black. C. Robe: cloth, yellow with metallic pink-purple appliques, silver sequins, yinyang, blue and red rabbit fure trim. 50 x 25 cm (19 11/16 x 9 13/16 in). Bag with one bead with object, 5/23/12, AT.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22446, described as Puppet, hand. Immortal. A. Head: carved wood, light pink, bright pink cheeks, red mouth, black, green and brown eyes, long white hair, hole on top of head. B. Body: cloth, black. Legs: cloth, red and white flowered. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, black. C. Robe: cloth, yellow with metallic pink-purple appliques, silver sequins, yinyang, blue and red rabbit fure trim. 50 x 25 cm (19 11/16 x 9 13/16 in). Bag with one bead with object, 5/23/12, AT.

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