Puppet, hand. A. Head: carved wood, off-white, red mouth, pink cheeks, green facial hair, brown and black eyes, 2 tufts of long, white hair. B. Body: cloth, white. Legs: cloth, tan. Hands: wood, white, orange nails. Boots: wood, black and white. C. Robe: cloth, yellow with green, blue, pink and silver sequins, metallic pink animals face on front, black and white rabbit fur trim. 47 x 26 cm (18 1/2 x 10 1/4 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