Hand puppet

Museum number:
9-22299
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090022299
Alternate number:
70 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4735
Description:
Puppet, hand. Turkish Girl. A. Head: carved wood, painted beige with pink, green, black and red features, black hair with plastic beads. B. Body and legs: white cloth. Hands: white wood. Boots: gray and white wood. C. Robe: red cloth with gold and green, gold sequins, white rabbit fur trim. 49 x 26 cm (19 5/16 x 10 1/4 in)
Donor:
Senzan Hsu
Collection place:
Taiwan
Verbatim coll. place:
Taiwan
Culture or time period:
Taiwanese
Collector:
The Hsu Family
Collection date:
ca. 1910-1950
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 26 centimeters and height 49 centimeters
Comment:
Sequins missing on sleeves.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22299, described as Puppet, hand. Turkish Girl. A. Head: carved wood, painted beige with pink, green, black and red features, black hair with plastic beads. B. Body and legs: white cloth. Hands: white wood. Boots: gray and white wood. C. Robe: red cloth with gold and green, gold sequins, white rabbit fur trim. 49 x 26 cm (19 5/16 x 10 1/4 in)Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22299, described as Puppet, hand. Turkish Girl. A. Head: carved wood, painted beige with pink, green, black and red features, black hair with plastic beads. B. Body and legs: white cloth. Hands: white wood. Boots: gray and white wood. C. Robe: red cloth with gold and green, gold sequins, white rabbit fur trim. 49 x 26 cm (19 5/16 x 10 1/4 in)Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22299, described as Puppet, hand. Turkish Girl. A. Head: carved wood, painted beige with pink, green, black and red features, black hair with plastic beads. B. Body and legs: white cloth. Hands: white wood. Boots: gray and white wood. C. Robe: red cloth with gold and green, gold sequins, white rabbit fur trim. 49 x 26 cm (19 5/16 x 10 1/4 in)Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22299, described as Puppet, hand. Turkish Girl. A. Head: carved wood, painted beige with pink, green, black and red features, black hair with plastic beads. B. Body and legs: white cloth. Hands: white wood. Boots: gray and white wood. C. Robe: red cloth with gold and green, gold sequins, white rabbit fur trim. 49 x 26 cm (19 5/16 x 10 1/4 in)

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