Hand puppet

Museum number:
9-22238
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090022238
Accession number:
Acc.4735
Description:
Puppet, hand. Taoist A. Head: carved wood, white with light blue, pink and black features, black hair and beard, gold headdress B. Body: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, gray and yellow. C. Robe: red cloth, silver and blue sequins, green and purple rabbit fur trim 46 x 34 cm (18 1/8 x 13 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 46 centimeters and width 34 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22238, described as Puppet, hand. Taoist A. Head: carved wood, white with light blue, pink and black features, black hair and beard, gold headdress B. Body: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, gray and yellow. C. Robe: red cloth, silver and blue sequins, green and purple rabbit fur trim 46 x 34 cm (18 1/8 x 13 3/8 in)Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22238, described as Puppet, hand. Taoist A. Head: carved wood, white with light blue, pink and black features, black hair and beard, gold headdress B. Body: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, gray and yellow. C. Robe: red cloth, silver and blue sequins, green and purple rabbit fur trim 46 x 34 cm (18 1/8 x 13 3/8 in)Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22238, described as Puppet, hand. Taoist A. Head: carved wood, white with light blue, pink and black features, black hair and beard, gold headdress B. Body: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, gray and yellow. C. Robe: red cloth, silver and blue sequins, green and purple rabbit fur trim 46 x 34 cm (18 1/8 x 13 3/8 in)Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22238, described as Puppet, hand. Taoist A. Head: carved wood, white with light blue, pink and black features, black hair and beard, gold headdress B. Body: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, gray and yellow. C. Robe: red cloth, silver and blue sequins, green and purple rabbit fur trim 46 x 34 cm (18 1/8 x 13 3/8 in)Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22238, described as Puppet, hand. Taoist A. Head: carved wood, white with light blue, pink and black features, black hair and beard, gold headdress B. Body: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, gray and yellow. C. Robe: red cloth, silver and blue sequins, green and purple rabbit fur trim 46 x 34 cm (18 1/8 x 13 3/8 in)Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22238, described as Puppet, hand. Taoist A. Head: carved wood, white with light blue, pink and black features, black hair and beard, gold headdress B. Body: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, gray and yellow. C. Robe: red cloth, silver and blue sequins, green and purple rabbit fur trim 46 x 34 cm (18 1/8 x 13 3/8 in)

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