Hand puppet

Museum number:
9-22409
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090022409
Accession number:
Acc.4735
Description:
Puppet, hand. Opera Figure. A. Head: carved wood, light blue with pink, black, green and yellow features, pink on cheeks, black skull cap, long black facial hair. B. Body and legs: white cloth. Hands: white wood, red nails. Boots: wood, gray and white. C. Robe: cloth, red with green and blue edges, couched pukua, purple, green and gold sequins, pink, blue, yellow and white rabbit fur trim. 46 x 29 cm (18 1/8 x 11 7/16 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:
height 46 centimeters and width 29 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 9 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22409, described as Puppet, hand. Opera Figure. A. Head: carved wood, light blue with pink, black, green and yellow features, pink on cheeks, black skull cap, long black facial hair. B. Body and legs: white cloth. Hands: white wood, red nails. Boots: wood, gray and white. C. Robe: cloth, red with green and blue edges, couched pukua, purple, green and gold sequins, pink, blue, yellow and white rabbit fur trim. 46 x 29 cm (18 1/8 x 11 7/16 in)Hearst Museum object 2 of 9 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22409, described as Puppet, hand. Opera Figure. A. Head: carved wood, light blue with pink, black, green and yellow features, pink on cheeks, black skull cap, long black facial hair. B. Body and legs: white cloth. Hands: white wood, red nails. Boots: wood, gray and white. C. Robe: cloth, red with green and blue edges, couched pukua, purple, green and gold sequins, pink, blue, yellow and white rabbit fur trim. 46 x 29 cm (18 1/8 x 11 7/16 in)Hearst Museum object 3 of 9 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22409, described as Puppet, hand. Opera Figure. A. Head: carved wood, light blue with pink, black, green and yellow features, pink on cheeks, black skull cap, long black facial hair. B. Body and legs: white cloth. Hands: white wood, red nails. Boots: wood, gray and white. C. Robe: cloth, red with green and blue edges, couched pukua, purple, green and gold sequins, pink, blue, yellow and white rabbit fur trim. 46 x 29 cm (18 1/8 x 11 7/16 in)Hearst Museum object 4 of 9 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22409, described as Puppet, hand. Opera Figure. A. Head: carved wood, light blue with pink, black, green and yellow features, pink on cheeks, black skull cap, long black facial hair. B. Body and legs: white cloth. Hands: white wood, red nails. Boots: wood, gray and white. C. Robe: cloth, red with green and blue edges, couched pukua, purple, green and gold sequins, pink, blue, yellow and white rabbit fur trim. 46 x 29 cm (18 1/8 x 11 7/16 in)Hearst Museum object 5 of 9 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22409, described as Puppet, hand. Opera Figure. A. Head: carved wood, light blue with pink, black, green and yellow features, pink on cheeks, black skull cap, long black facial hair. B. Body and legs: white cloth. Hands: white wood, red nails. Boots: wood, gray and white. C. Robe: cloth, red with green and blue edges, couched pukua, purple, green and gold sequins, pink, blue, yellow and white rabbit fur trim. 46 x 29 cm (18 1/8 x 11 7/16 in)Hearst Museum object 6 of 9 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22409, described as Puppet, hand. Opera Figure. A. Head: carved wood, light blue with pink, black, green and yellow features, pink on cheeks, black skull cap, long black facial hair. B. Body and legs: white cloth. Hands: white wood, red nails. Boots: wood, gray and white. C. Robe: cloth, red with green and blue edges, couched pukua, purple, green and gold sequins, pink, blue, yellow and white rabbit fur trim. 46 x 29 cm (18 1/8 x 11 7/16 in)Hearst Museum object 7 of 9 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22409, described as Puppet, hand. Opera Figure. A. Head: carved wood, light blue with pink, black, green and yellow features, pink on cheeks, black skull cap, long black facial hair. B. Body and legs: white cloth. Hands: white wood, red nails. Boots: wood, gray and white. C. Robe: cloth, red with green and blue edges, couched pukua, purple, green and gold sequins, pink, blue, yellow and white rabbit fur trim. 46 x 29 cm (18 1/8 x 11 7/16 in)Hearst Museum object 8 of 9 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22409, described as Puppet, hand. Opera Figure. A. Head: carved wood, light blue with pink, black, green and yellow features, pink on cheeks, black skull cap, long black facial hair. B. Body and legs: white cloth. Hands: white wood, red nails. Boots: wood, gray and white. C. Robe: cloth, red with green and blue edges, couched pukua, purple, green and gold sequins, pink, blue, yellow and white rabbit fur trim. 46 x 29 cm (18 1/8 x 11 7/16 in)Hearst Museum object 9 of 9 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22409, described as Puppet, hand. Opera Figure. A. Head: carved wood, light blue with pink, black, green and yellow features, pink on cheeks, black skull cap, long black facial hair. B. Body and legs: white cloth. Hands: white wood, red nails. Boots: wood, gray and white. C. Robe: cloth, red with green and blue edges, couched pukua, purple, green and gold sequins, pink, blue, yellow and white rabbit fur trim. 46 x 29 cm (18 1/8 x 11 7/16 in)

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