Hand puppet

Museum number:
9-22279
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090022279
Accession number:
Acc.4735
Description:
Puppet, hand. Opera King. A. Head: carved wood, white with black, brown, blue and orange features, black skull cap, long black facial hair. B. Body and legs: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, black and gray. C. Robe: cloth, pink, red sun, gold sequins, pink, blue and yellow rabbit fur trim. 47 x 34 cm (18 1/2 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 47 centimeters and width 34 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22279, described as Puppet, hand. Opera King. A. Head: carved wood, white with black, brown, blue and orange features, black skull cap, long black facial hair. B. Body and legs: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, black and gray. C. Robe: cloth, pink, red sun, gold sequins, pink, blue and yellow rabbit fur trim. 47 x 34 cm (18 1/2 x 13 3/8 in).Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22279, described as Puppet, hand. Opera King. A. Head: carved wood, white with black, brown, blue and orange features, black skull cap, long black facial hair. B. Body and legs: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, black and gray. C. Robe: cloth, pink, red sun, gold sequins, pink, blue and yellow rabbit fur trim. 47 x 34 cm (18 1/2 x 13 3/8 in).Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22279, described as Puppet, hand. Opera King. A. Head: carved wood, white with black, brown, blue and orange features, black skull cap, long black facial hair. B. Body and legs: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, black and gray. C. Robe: cloth, pink, red sun, gold sequins, pink, blue and yellow rabbit fur trim. 47 x 34 cm (18 1/2 x 13 3/8 in).Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22279, described as Puppet, hand. Opera King. A. Head: carved wood, white with black, brown, blue and orange features, black skull cap, long black facial hair. B. Body and legs: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, black and gray. C. Robe: cloth, pink, red sun, gold sequins, pink, blue and yellow rabbit fur trim. 47 x 34 cm (18 1/2 x 13 3/8 in).Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22279, described as Puppet, hand. Opera King. A. Head: carved wood, white with black, brown, blue and orange features, black skull cap, long black facial hair. B. Body and legs: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, black and gray. C. Robe: cloth, pink, red sun, gold sequins, pink, blue and yellow rabbit fur trim. 47 x 34 cm (18 1/2 x 13 3/8 in).Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22279, described as Puppet, hand. Opera King. A. Head: carved wood, white with black, brown, blue and orange features, black skull cap, long black facial hair. B. Body and legs: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, black and gray. C. Robe: cloth, pink, red sun, gold sequins, pink, blue and yellow rabbit fur trim. 47 x 34 cm (18 1/2 x 13 3/8 in).

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