Hand puppet

Museum number:
9-22377
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090022377
Accession number:
Acc.4735
Description:
Puppet, hand. Opera Mandarin. A. Head: carved wood, brown, white, black, orange and black opera mask. B. Body: white cloth. Legs: dark blue cloth Hands: white plastic. Boots: black plastic. C. Robe: cloth, white with orange, gold and green appliques, yinyang, blue, green and gold sequins, white and black rabbit fur trim. 48 x 29 cm (18 7/8 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 48 centimeters and width 29 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22377, described as Puppet, hand. Opera Mandarin. A. Head: carved wood, brown, white, black, orange and black opera mask. B. Body: white cloth. Legs: dark blue cloth Hands: white plastic. Boots: black plastic. C. Robe: cloth, white with orange, gold and green appliques, yinyang, blue, green and gold sequins, white and black rabbit fur trim. 48 x 29 cm (18 7/8 x 11 7/16 in)Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22377, described as Puppet, hand. Opera Mandarin. A. Head: carved wood, brown, white, black, orange and black opera mask. B. Body: white cloth. Legs: dark blue cloth Hands: white plastic. Boots: black plastic. C. Robe: cloth, white with orange, gold and green appliques, yinyang, blue, green and gold sequins, white and black rabbit fur trim. 48 x 29 cm (18 7/8 x 11 7/16 in)Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22377, described as Puppet, hand. Opera Mandarin. A. Head: carved wood, brown, white, black, orange and black opera mask. B. Body: white cloth. Legs: dark blue cloth Hands: white plastic. Boots: black plastic. C. Robe: cloth, white with orange, gold and green appliques, yinyang, blue, green and gold sequins, white and black rabbit fur trim. 48 x 29 cm (18 7/8 x 11 7/16 in)Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22377, described as Puppet, hand. Opera Mandarin. A. Head: carved wood, brown, white, black, orange and black opera mask. B. Body: white cloth. Legs: dark blue cloth Hands: white plastic. Boots: black plastic. C. Robe: cloth, white with orange, gold and green appliques, yinyang, blue, green and gold sequins, white and black rabbit fur trim. 48 x 29 cm (18 7/8 x 11 7/16 in)

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