Hand puppet

Museum number:
9-22382
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090022382
Accession number:
Acc.4735
Description:
Puppet, hand. Man. A. Head: carved wood, half moon shaped, pink with red smiling mouth, blue and black eyes. B. Body and legs: white cloth. Hands: pink wood, red nails. Boots: black and white wood. C. Robe: cloth, yellow-orange, white floral lace appliques, red and green fringe. 51 x 31 cm (20 1/16 x 12 3/16 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 31 centimeters and height 51 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 9 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22382, described as Puppet, hand. Man. A. Head: carved wood, half moon shaped, pink with red smiling mouth, blue and black eyes. B. Body and legs: white cloth. Hands: pink wood, red nails. Boots: black and white wood. C. Robe: cloth, yellow-orange, white floral lace appliques, red and green fringe. 51 x 31 cm (20 1/16 x 12 3/16 in)Hearst Museum object 2 of 9 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22382, described as Puppet, hand. Man. A. Head: carved wood, half moon shaped, pink with red smiling mouth, blue and black eyes. B. Body and legs: white cloth. Hands: pink wood, red nails. Boots: black and white wood. C. Robe: cloth, yellow-orange, white floral lace appliques, red and green fringe. 51 x 31 cm (20 1/16 x 12 3/16 in)Hearst Museum object 3 of 9 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22382, described as Puppet, hand. Man. A. Head: carved wood, half moon shaped, pink with red smiling mouth, blue and black eyes. B. Body and legs: white cloth. Hands: pink wood, red nails. Boots: black and white wood. C. Robe: cloth, yellow-orange, white floral lace appliques, red and green fringe. 51 x 31 cm (20 1/16 x 12 3/16 in)Hearst Museum object 4 of 9 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22382, described as Puppet, hand. Man. A. Head: carved wood, half moon shaped, pink with red smiling mouth, blue and black eyes. B. Body and legs: white cloth. Hands: pink wood, red nails. Boots: black and white wood. C. Robe: cloth, yellow-orange, white floral lace appliques, red and green fringe. 51 x 31 cm (20 1/16 x 12 3/16 in)Hearst Museum object 5 of 9 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22382, described as Puppet, hand. Man. A. Head: carved wood, half moon shaped, pink with red smiling mouth, blue and black eyes. B. Body and legs: white cloth. Hands: pink wood, red nails. Boots: black and white wood. C. Robe: cloth, yellow-orange, white floral lace appliques, red and green fringe. 51 x 31 cm (20 1/16 x 12 3/16 in)Hearst Museum object 6 of 9 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22382, described as Puppet, hand. Man. A. Head: carved wood, half moon shaped, pink with red smiling mouth, blue and black eyes. B. Body and legs: white cloth. Hands: pink wood, red nails. Boots: black and white wood. C. Robe: cloth, yellow-orange, white floral lace appliques, red and green fringe. 51 x 31 cm (20 1/16 x 12 3/16 in)Hearst Museum object 7 of 9 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22382, described as Puppet, hand. Man. A. Head: carved wood, half moon shaped, pink with red smiling mouth, blue and black eyes. B. Body and legs: white cloth. Hands: pink wood, red nails. Boots: black and white wood. C. Robe: cloth, yellow-orange, white floral lace appliques, red and green fringe. 51 x 31 cm (20 1/16 x 12 3/16 in)Hearst Museum object 8 of 9 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22382, described as Puppet, hand. Man. A. Head: carved wood, half moon shaped, pink with red smiling mouth, blue and black eyes. B. Body and legs: white cloth. Hands: pink wood, red nails. Boots: black and white wood. C. Robe: cloth, yellow-orange, white floral lace appliques, red and green fringe. 51 x 31 cm (20 1/16 x 12 3/16 in)Hearst Museum object 9 of 9 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22382, described as Puppet, hand. Man. A. Head: carved wood, half moon shaped, pink with red smiling mouth, blue and black eyes. B. Body and legs: white cloth. Hands: pink wood, red nails. Boots: black and white wood. C. Robe: cloth, yellow-orange, white floral lace appliques, red and green fringe. 51 x 31 cm (20 1/16 x 12 3/16 in)

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