Puppet

Museum number:
9-11063
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
246 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2696
Description:
Puppet; wood, cloth; 44 cm length; 16 cm width
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
Rajasthan, India
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Rajasthan
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro
Collection date:
January 1970
Materials:
Cloth (wood head attached to sewn cloth body) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Puppets (recreational artifacts)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
November 11, 1970
Context of use:
Used for entertainment during puppet performances; strings attached to arms, head, and waist; puppetteer manipulates from above; this puppet plays the drum; made by men.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 16 centimeters and length 44 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Puppet, accession number 9-11063, described as Puppet; wood, cloth; 44 cm length; 16 cm widthHearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Puppet, accession number 9-11063, described as Puppet; wood, cloth; 44 cm length; 16 cm widthHearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Puppet, accession number 9-11063, described as Puppet; wood, cloth; 44 cm length; 16 cm width
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Puppet, accession number 9-11063, described as Puppet; wood, cloth; 44 cm length; 16 cm width

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