Hand puppet

Museum number:
9-22389
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090022389
Accession number:
Acc.4735
Description:
Puppet, hand. Mahakala. A. Head: carved wood, pink with orange mouth, white, black, brown and green eyes, long white hair and facial hair, crown of skulls, white with black and orange details, green bead eyes. B. Body: black and white cloth. Legs: white cloth. Hands: white wood. Boots: black and white wood. C. Robe: cloth, dark pink with green sequins, yellow fringe. 51 x 24 cm (20 1/16 x 9 7/16 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:
height 51 centimeters and width 24 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22389, described as Puppet, hand. Mahakala. A. Head: carved wood, pink with orange mouth, white, black, brown and green eyes, long white hair and facial hair, crown of skulls, white with black and orange details, green bead eyes. B. Body: black and white cloth. Legs: white cloth. Hands: white wood. Boots: black and white wood. C. Robe: cloth, dark pink with green sequins, yellow fringe. 51 x 24 cm (20 1/16 x 9 7/16 in)Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22389, described as Puppet, hand. Mahakala. A. Head: carved wood, pink with orange mouth, white, black, brown and green eyes, long white hair and facial hair, crown of skulls, white with black and orange details, green bead eyes. B. Body: black and white cloth. Legs: white cloth. Hands: white wood. Boots: black and white wood. C. Robe: cloth, dark pink with green sequins, yellow fringe. 51 x 24 cm (20 1/16 x 9 7/16 in)Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22389, described as Puppet, hand. Mahakala. A. Head: carved wood, pink with orange mouth, white, black, brown and green eyes, long white hair and facial hair, crown of skulls, white with black and orange details, green bead eyes. B. Body: black and white cloth. Legs: white cloth. Hands: white wood. Boots: black and white wood. C. Robe: cloth, dark pink with green sequins, yellow fringe. 51 x 24 cm (20 1/16 x 9 7/16 in)Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22389, described as Puppet, hand. Mahakala. A. Head: carved wood, pink with orange mouth, white, black, brown and green eyes, long white hair and facial hair, crown of skulls, white with black and orange details, green bead eyes. B. Body: black and white cloth. Legs: white cloth. Hands: white wood. Boots: black and white wood. C. Robe: cloth, dark pink with green sequins, yellow fringe. 51 x 24 cm (20 1/16 x 9 7/16 in)

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