Hand puppet

Museum number:
9-22380
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090022380
Accession number:
Acc.4735
Description:
Puppet, hand. Spirit A. Head: carved wood, green with black mouth, white and pink eyes, painted white moustache and eyebrows, pink and white hat, long white hair. B. Body: white cloth. Legs: blue cloth with white animal print. Hands: white wood, pink nails. Boots: gray and yellow wood. C. Robe: cloth, white with pink, blue, red and green appliques, yellow rabbit fur trim. 46 x 24 cm (18 1/8 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:
width 24 centimeters and height 46 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22380, described as Puppet, hand. Spirit A. Head: carved wood, green with black mouth, white and pink eyes, painted white moustache and eyebrows, pink and white hat, long white hair. B. Body: white cloth. Legs: blue cloth with white animal print. Hands: white wood, pink nails. Boots: gray and yellow wood. C. Robe: cloth, white with pink, blue, red and green appliques, yellow rabbit fur trim. 46 x 24 cm (18 1/8 x 9 7/16 in)Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22380, described as Puppet, hand. Spirit A. Head: carved wood, green with black mouth, white and pink eyes, painted white moustache and eyebrows, pink and white hat, long white hair. B. Body: white cloth. Legs: blue cloth with white animal print. Hands: white wood, pink nails. Boots: gray and yellow wood. C. Robe: cloth, white with pink, blue, red and green appliques, yellow rabbit fur trim. 46 x 24 cm (18 1/8 x 9 7/16 in)Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22380, described as Puppet, hand. Spirit A. Head: carved wood, green with black mouth, white and pink eyes, painted white moustache and eyebrows, pink and white hat, long white hair. B. Body: white cloth. Legs: blue cloth with white animal print. Hands: white wood, pink nails. Boots: gray and yellow wood. C. Robe: cloth, white with pink, blue, red and green appliques, yellow rabbit fur trim. 46 x 24 cm (18 1/8 x 9 7/16 in)Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22380, described as Puppet, hand. Spirit A. Head: carved wood, green with black mouth, white and pink eyes, painted white moustache and eyebrows, pink and white hat, long white hair. B. Body: white cloth. Legs: blue cloth with white animal print. Hands: white wood, pink nails. Boots: gray and yellow wood. C. Robe: cloth, white with pink, blue, red and green appliques, yellow rabbit fur trim. 46 x 24 cm (18 1/8 x 9 7/16 in)Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22380, described as Puppet, hand. Spirit A. Head: carved wood, green with black mouth, white and pink eyes, painted white moustache and eyebrows, pink and white hat, long white hair. B. Body: white cloth. Legs: blue cloth with white animal print. Hands: white wood, pink nails. Boots: gray and yellow wood. C. Robe: cloth, white with pink, blue, red and green appliques, yellow rabbit fur trim. 46 x 24 cm (18 1/8 x 9 7/16 in)Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22380, described as Puppet, hand. Spirit A. Head: carved wood, green with black mouth, white and pink eyes, painted white moustache and eyebrows, pink and white hat, long white hair. B. Body: white cloth. Legs: blue cloth with white animal print. Hands: white wood, pink nails. Boots: gray and yellow wood. C. Robe: cloth, white with pink, blue, red and green appliques, yellow rabbit fur trim. 46 x 24 cm (18 1/8 x 9 7/16 in)

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