Hand puppet

Museum number:
9-22295
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090022295
Accession number:
Acc.4735
Description:
Puppet, hand. Foreign Woman. A. Head, carved wood, white with green, black and red features, black hair. B. Body: cloth, white. Legs: white, red and black cloth. Boots: gray and white wood. Hands: wood, white. C. Robe: orange cloth with white gauze and lace, plastic beads. 47 x 30 cm (18 1/2 x 11 13/16 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 47 centimeters and width 30 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22295, described as Puppet, hand. Foreign Woman. A. Head, carved wood, white with green, black and red features, black hair. B. Body: cloth, white. Legs: white, red and black cloth. Boots: gray and white wood. Hands: wood, white. C. Robe: orange cloth with white gauze and lace, plastic beads. 47 x 30 cm (18 1/2 x 11 13/16 in)Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22295, described as Puppet, hand. Foreign Woman. A. Head, carved wood, white with green, black and red features, black hair. B. Body: cloth, white. Legs: white, red and black cloth. Boots: gray and white wood. Hands: wood, white. C. Robe: orange cloth with white gauze and lace, plastic beads. 47 x 30 cm (18 1/2 x 11 13/16 in)Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22295, described as Puppet, hand. Foreign Woman. A. Head, carved wood, white with green, black and red features, black hair. B. Body: cloth, white. Legs: white, red and black cloth. Boots: gray and white wood. Hands: wood, white. C. Robe: orange cloth with white gauze and lace, plastic beads. 47 x 30 cm (18 1/2 x 11 13/16 in)Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22295, described as Puppet, hand. Foreign Woman. A. Head, carved wood, white with green, black and red features, black hair. B. Body: cloth, white. Legs: white, red and black cloth. Boots: gray and white wood. Hands: wood, white. C. Robe: orange cloth with white gauze and lace, plastic beads. 47 x 30 cm (18 1/2 x 11 13/16 in)Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22295, described as Puppet, hand. Foreign Woman. A. Head, carved wood, white with green, black and red features, black hair. B. Body: cloth, white. Legs: white, red and black cloth. Boots: gray and white wood. Hands: wood, white. C. Robe: orange cloth with white gauze and lace, plastic beads. 47 x 30 cm (18 1/2 x 11 13/16 in)Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22295, described as Puppet, hand. Foreign Woman. A. Head, carved wood, white with green, black and red features, black hair. B. Body: cloth, white. Legs: white, red and black cloth. Boots: gray and white wood. Hands: wood, white. C. Robe: orange cloth with white gauze and lace, plastic beads. 47 x 30 cm (18 1/2 x 11 13/16 in)

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