Hand puppet

Museum number:
9-22404
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090022404
Accession number:
Acc.4735
Description:
Puppet, hand. A. Head: carved wood, brown with blue, green and black features, short black moustache, long black hair and beard, 5 carved animal heads on top of head, animals are green, yellow and blue with pink mouths. B. Body: white cloth. Legs: cloth, blue, orange, red and white. Hands: pink plastic. Boots: black plastic. C. Robe: cloth, white with blue and orange appliques, pink and green sequins, green, red, white and yellow rabbit fur trim. 49 x 31 cm (19 5/16 x 12 3/16 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:
width 31 centimeters and height 49 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22404, described as Puppet, hand. A. Head: carved wood, brown with blue, green and black features, short black moustache, long black hair and beard, 5 carved animal heads on top of head, animals are green, yellow and blue with pink mouths. B. Body: white cloth. Legs: cloth, blue, orange, red and white. Hands: pink plastic. Boots: black plastic. C. Robe: cloth, white with blue and orange appliques, pink and green sequins, green, red, white and yellow rabbit fur trim. 49 x 31 cm (19 5/16 x 12 3/16 in)Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22404, described as Puppet, hand. A. Head: carved wood, brown with blue, green and black features, short black moustache, long black hair and beard, 5 carved animal heads on top of head, animals are green, yellow and blue with pink mouths. B. Body: white cloth. Legs: cloth, blue, orange, red and white. Hands: pink plastic. Boots: black plastic. C. Robe: cloth, white with blue and orange appliques, pink and green sequins, green, red, white and yellow rabbit fur trim. 49 x 31 cm (19 5/16 x 12 3/16 in)Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22404, described as Puppet, hand. A. Head: carved wood, brown with blue, green and black features, short black moustache, long black hair and beard, 5 carved animal heads on top of head, animals are green, yellow and blue with pink mouths. B. Body: white cloth. Legs: cloth, blue, orange, red and white. Hands: pink plastic. Boots: black plastic. C. Robe: cloth, white with blue and orange appliques, pink and green sequins, green, red, white and yellow rabbit fur trim. 49 x 31 cm (19 5/16 x 12 3/16 in)Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22404, described as Puppet, hand. A. Head: carved wood, brown with blue, green and black features, short black moustache, long black hair and beard, 5 carved animal heads on top of head, animals are green, yellow and blue with pink mouths. B. Body: white cloth. Legs: cloth, blue, orange, red and white. Hands: pink plastic. Boots: black plastic. C. Robe: cloth, white with blue and orange appliques, pink and green sequins, green, red, white and yellow rabbit fur trim. 49 x 31 cm (19 5/16 x 12 3/16 in)

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