Hand puppet

Museum number:
9-22378
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090022378
Accession number:
Acc.4735
Description:
Puppet, hand. Shoulao. A. Head: carved wood, pink, red mouth, black and brown eyes, pink on cheeks and around eyes, long white facial hair, painted white hair. B. Body: dark blue cloth. Legs: white cloth Hands: pink wood, red nails. Boots: black and white wood. C. Robe: cloth, light orange with purple, blue and white appliques, silver and green couching, yinyang, red, white and green rabbit fur trim. 47 x 28 cm (18 1/2 x 11 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 47 centimeters and width 28 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22378, described as Puppet, hand. Shoulao. A. Head: carved wood, pink, red mouth, black and brown eyes, pink on cheeks and around eyes, long white facial hair, painted white hair. B. Body: dark blue cloth. Legs: white cloth Hands: pink wood, red nails. Boots: black and white wood. C. Robe: cloth, light orange with purple, blue and white appliques, silver and green couching, yinyang, red, white and green rabbit fur trim. 47 x 28 cm (18 1/2 x 11 in)Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22378, described as Puppet, hand. Shoulao. A. Head: carved wood, pink, red mouth, black and brown eyes, pink on cheeks and around eyes, long white facial hair, painted white hair. B. Body: dark blue cloth. Legs: white cloth Hands: pink wood, red nails. Boots: black and white wood. C. Robe: cloth, light orange with purple, blue and white appliques, silver and green couching, yinyang, red, white and green rabbit fur trim. 47 x 28 cm (18 1/2 x 11 in)Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22378, described as Puppet, hand. Shoulao. A. Head: carved wood, pink, red mouth, black and brown eyes, pink on cheeks and around eyes, long white facial hair, painted white hair. B. Body: dark blue cloth. Legs: white cloth Hands: pink wood, red nails. Boots: black and white wood. C. Robe: cloth, light orange with purple, blue and white appliques, silver and green couching, yinyang, red, white and green rabbit fur trim. 47 x 28 cm (18 1/2 x 11 in)Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22378, described as Puppet, hand. Shoulao. A. Head: carved wood, pink, red mouth, black and brown eyes, pink on cheeks and around eyes, long white facial hair, painted white hair. B. Body: dark blue cloth. Legs: white cloth Hands: pink wood, red nails. Boots: black and white wood. C. Robe: cloth, light orange with purple, blue and white appliques, silver and green couching, yinyang, red, white and green rabbit fur trim. 47 x 28 cm (18 1/2 x 11 in)

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