Hand puppet

Museum number:
9-22403
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090022403
Accession number:
Acc.4735
Description:
Puppet, hand. Old Man. A. Head: carved wood, pink with red and black features, white hair on bottom half of hair. B. Body and legs: white cloth. Hands: white wood, red nails. Boots: wood, black and white. C. Robe: cloth, red with silver plastic trim, purple, green, gold and blue leaf-shaped sequins, blue-green and purple rabbit fur trim. 46 x 31 cm (18 1/8 x 12 3/16 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:
width 31 centimeters and height 46 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 9 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22403, described as Puppet, hand. Old Man. A. Head: carved wood, pink with red and black features, white hair on bottom half of hair. B. Body and legs: white cloth. Hands: white wood, red nails. Boots: wood, black and white. C. Robe: cloth, red with silver plastic trim, purple, green, gold and blue leaf-shaped sequins, blue-green and purple rabbit fur trim. 46 x 31 cm (18 1/8 x 12 3/16 in)Hearst Museum object 2 of 9 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22403, described as Puppet, hand. Old Man. A. Head: carved wood, pink with red and black features, white hair on bottom half of hair. B. Body and legs: white cloth. Hands: white wood, red nails. Boots: wood, black and white. C. Robe: cloth, red with silver plastic trim, purple, green, gold and blue leaf-shaped sequins, blue-green and purple rabbit fur trim. 46 x 31 cm (18 1/8 x 12 3/16 in)Hearst Museum object 3 of 9 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22403, described as Puppet, hand. Old Man. A. Head: carved wood, pink with red and black features, white hair on bottom half of hair. B. Body and legs: white cloth. Hands: white wood, red nails. Boots: wood, black and white. C. Robe: cloth, red with silver plastic trim, purple, green, gold and blue leaf-shaped sequins, blue-green and purple rabbit fur trim. 46 x 31 cm (18 1/8 x 12 3/16 in)Hearst Museum object 4 of 9 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22403, described as Puppet, hand. Old Man. A. Head: carved wood, pink with red and black features, white hair on bottom half of hair. B. Body and legs: white cloth. Hands: white wood, red nails. Boots: wood, black and white. C. Robe: cloth, red with silver plastic trim, purple, green, gold and blue leaf-shaped sequins, blue-green and purple rabbit fur trim. 46 x 31 cm (18 1/8 x 12 3/16 in)Hearst Museum object 5 of 9 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22403, described as Puppet, hand. Old Man. A. Head: carved wood, pink with red and black features, white hair on bottom half of hair. B. Body and legs: white cloth. Hands: white wood, red nails. Boots: wood, black and white. C. Robe: cloth, red with silver plastic trim, purple, green, gold and blue leaf-shaped sequins, blue-green and purple rabbit fur trim. 46 x 31 cm (18 1/8 x 12 3/16 in)Hearst Museum object 6 of 9 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22403, described as Puppet, hand. Old Man. A. Head: carved wood, pink with red and black features, white hair on bottom half of hair. B. Body and legs: white cloth. Hands: white wood, red nails. Boots: wood, black and white. C. Robe: cloth, red with silver plastic trim, purple, green, gold and blue leaf-shaped sequins, blue-green and purple rabbit fur trim. 46 x 31 cm (18 1/8 x 12 3/16 in)Hearst Museum object 7 of 9 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22403, described as Puppet, hand. Old Man. A. Head: carved wood, pink with red and black features, white hair on bottom half of hair. B. Body and legs: white cloth. Hands: white wood, red nails. Boots: wood, black and white. C. Robe: cloth, red with silver plastic trim, purple, green, gold and blue leaf-shaped sequins, blue-green and purple rabbit fur trim. 46 x 31 cm (18 1/8 x 12 3/16 in)Hearst Museum object 8 of 9 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22403, described as Puppet, hand. Old Man. A. Head: carved wood, pink with red and black features, white hair on bottom half of hair. B. Body and legs: white cloth. Hands: white wood, red nails. Boots: wood, black and white. C. Robe: cloth, red with silver plastic trim, purple, green, gold and blue leaf-shaped sequins, blue-green and purple rabbit fur trim. 46 x 31 cm (18 1/8 x 12 3/16 in)Hearst Museum object 9 of 9 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22403, described as Puppet, hand. Old Man. A. Head: carved wood, pink with red and black features, white hair on bottom half of hair. B. Body and legs: white cloth. Hands: white wood, red nails. Boots: wood, black and white. C. Robe: cloth, red with silver plastic trim, purple, green, gold and blue leaf-shaped sequins, blue-green and purple rabbit fur trim. 46 x 31 cm (18 1/8 x 12 3/16 in)

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