Puppet, hand. Dragon King. A. Head: carved wood, light yellow, red mouth, brown, black and green eyes, orange eyebrows, yellow hair, 4 carved dragon heads on top of head, painted yellow, green, pink and red. B. Body and legs: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white, red nails. Boots: wood, black and white. B. Robe: cloth, brown with brown sequins, silver dragon on front and back, blue and white rabbit fur trim. 2 tassles. 50 x 27 cm (19 11/16 x 10 5/8 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:
Dragons and Hand puppets
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama