Hand puppet

Museum number:
9-22394
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090022394
Accession number:
Acc.4735
Description:
Puppet, hand. Mahakala A. Head: carved wood, yellow with black, orange and green features, white hair, 5 black skulls around head with red eyes, 1 large skull un top with tan hair. B. Body and legs: white cloth Hands: white wood. Boots: black, green and white wood. C. Robe: cloth, metallic red and gold with green and yellow appliques, silver and purple sequins, white rabbit fur trim. 55 x 39 cm (21 5/8 x 15 3/8 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 55 centimeters and width 39 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22394, described as Puppet, hand. Mahakala A. Head: carved wood, yellow with black, orange and green features, white hair, 5 black skulls around head with red eyes, 1 large skull un top with tan hair. B. Body and legs: white cloth Hands: white wood. Boots: black, green and white wood. C. Robe: cloth, metallic red and gold with green and yellow appliques, silver and purple sequins, white rabbit fur trim. 55 x 39 cm (21 5/8 x 15 3/8 in)Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22394, described as Puppet, hand. Mahakala A. Head: carved wood, yellow with black, orange and green features, white hair, 5 black skulls around head with red eyes, 1 large skull un top with tan hair. B. Body and legs: white cloth Hands: white wood. Boots: black, green and white wood. C. Robe: cloth, metallic red and gold with green and yellow appliques, silver and purple sequins, white rabbit fur trim. 55 x 39 cm (21 5/8 x 15 3/8 in)Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22394, described as Puppet, hand. Mahakala A. Head: carved wood, yellow with black, orange and green features, white hair, 5 black skulls around head with red eyes, 1 large skull un top with tan hair. B. Body and legs: white cloth Hands: white wood. Boots: black, green and white wood. C. Robe: cloth, metallic red and gold with green and yellow appliques, silver and purple sequins, white rabbit fur trim. 55 x 39 cm (21 5/8 x 15 3/8 in)Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22394, described as Puppet, hand. Mahakala A. Head: carved wood, yellow with black, orange and green features, white hair, 5 black skulls around head with red eyes, 1 large skull un top with tan hair. B. Body and legs: white cloth Hands: white wood. Boots: black, green and white wood. C. Robe: cloth, metallic red and gold with green and yellow appliques, silver and purple sequins, white rabbit fur trim. 55 x 39 cm (21 5/8 x 15 3/8 in)

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