Hand puppet

Museum number:
9-22379
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090022379
Accession number:
Acc.4735
Description:
Puppet, hand. Bell Lady. A. Head: carved wood, white with orange mouth and eyebrows, green, black and brown eyes, long red-orange hair, yellow and green plastic bells on springs, yellow and orange wood crown with mirror. B. Body: white cloth. Legs: blue, pink and white cloth Hands: white wood, pink nails. Boots: black plastic. C. Robe: cloth, black with yellow and white trim, red cape, mirrors, beads and sequins. 56 x 33 cm (22 1/16 x 13 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 56 centimeters and width 33 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22379, described as Puppet, hand. Bell Lady. A. Head: carved wood, white with orange mouth and eyebrows, green, black and brown eyes, long red-orange hair, yellow and green plastic bells on springs, yellow and orange wood crown with mirror. B. Body: white cloth. Legs: blue, pink and white cloth Hands: white wood, pink nails. Boots: black plastic. C. Robe: cloth, black with yellow and white trim, red cape, mirrors, beads and sequins. 56 x 33 cm (22 1/16 x 13 in)Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22379, described as Puppet, hand. Bell Lady. A. Head: carved wood, white with orange mouth and eyebrows, green, black and brown eyes, long red-orange hair, yellow and green plastic bells on springs, yellow and orange wood crown with mirror. B. Body: white cloth. Legs: blue, pink and white cloth Hands: white wood, pink nails. Boots: black plastic. C. Robe: cloth, black with yellow and white trim, red cape, mirrors, beads and sequins. 56 x 33 cm (22 1/16 x 13 in)Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22379, described as Puppet, hand. Bell Lady. A. Head: carved wood, white with orange mouth and eyebrows, green, black and brown eyes, long red-orange hair, yellow and green plastic bells on springs, yellow and orange wood crown with mirror. B. Body: white cloth. Legs: blue, pink and white cloth Hands: white wood, pink nails. Boots: black plastic. C. Robe: cloth, black with yellow and white trim, red cape, mirrors, beads and sequins. 56 x 33 cm (22 1/16 x 13 in)Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22379, described as Puppet, hand. Bell Lady. A. Head: carved wood, white with orange mouth and eyebrows, green, black and brown eyes, long red-orange hair, yellow and green plastic bells on springs, yellow and orange wood crown with mirror. B. Body: white cloth. Legs: blue, pink and white cloth Hands: white wood, pink nails. Boots: black plastic. C. Robe: cloth, black with yellow and white trim, red cape, mirrors, beads and sequins. 56 x 33 cm (22 1/16 x 13 in)Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22379, described as Puppet, hand. Bell Lady. A. Head: carved wood, white with orange mouth and eyebrows, green, black and brown eyes, long red-orange hair, yellow and green plastic bells on springs, yellow and orange wood crown with mirror. B. Body: white cloth. Legs: blue, pink and white cloth Hands: white wood, pink nails. Boots: black plastic. C. Robe: cloth, black with yellow and white trim, red cape, mirrors, beads and sequins. 56 x 33 cm (22 1/16 x 13 in)Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22379, described as Puppet, hand. Bell Lady. A. Head: carved wood, white with orange mouth and eyebrows, green, black and brown eyes, long red-orange hair, yellow and green plastic bells on springs, yellow and orange wood crown with mirror. B. Body: white cloth. Legs: blue, pink and white cloth Hands: white wood, pink nails. Boots: black plastic. C. Robe: cloth, black with yellow and white trim, red cape, mirrors, beads and sequins. 56 x 33 cm (22 1/16 x 13 in)

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