Hand puppet

Museum number:
9-22233
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090022233
Accession number:
Acc.4735
Description:
Puppet, hand. Grumpy Foreign Woman A. Head: carved wood, white with purple, green, orange and blue features, purple hair B. Body: red cloth. Boots: black, left is wood, right is plastic. C. Robe: brown, black and red pattern over white gauze dress 50 x 23 cm (19 11/16 x 9 1/16 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 50 centimeters and width 23 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22233, described as Puppet, hand. Grumpy Foreign Woman A. Head: carved wood, white with purple, green, orange and blue features, purple hair B. Body: red cloth. Boots: black, left is wood, right is plastic. C. Robe: brown, black and red pattern over white gauze dress 50 x 23 cm (19 11/16 x 9 1/16 in).Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22233, described as Puppet, hand. Grumpy Foreign Woman A. Head: carved wood, white with purple, green, orange and blue features, purple hair B. Body: red cloth. Boots: black, left is wood, right is plastic. C. Robe: brown, black and red pattern over white gauze dress 50 x 23 cm (19 11/16 x 9 1/16 in).Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22233, described as Puppet, hand. Grumpy Foreign Woman A. Head: carved wood, white with purple, green, orange and blue features, purple hair B. Body: red cloth. Boots: black, left is wood, right is plastic. C. Robe: brown, black and red pattern over white gauze dress 50 x 23 cm (19 11/16 x 9 1/16 in).Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22233, described as Puppet, hand. Grumpy Foreign Woman A. Head: carved wood, white with purple, green, orange and blue features, purple hair B. Body: red cloth. Boots: black, left is wood, right is plastic. C. Robe: brown, black and red pattern over white gauze dress 50 x 23 cm (19 11/16 x 9 1/16 in).Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22233, described as Puppet, hand. Grumpy Foreign Woman A. Head: carved wood, white with purple, green, orange and blue features, purple hair B. Body: red cloth. Boots: black, left is wood, right is plastic. C. Robe: brown, black and red pattern over white gauze dress 50 x 23 cm (19 11/16 x 9 1/16 in).Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22233, described as Puppet, hand. Grumpy Foreign Woman A. Head: carved wood, white with purple, green, orange and blue features, purple hair B. Body: red cloth. Boots: black, left is wood, right is plastic. C. Robe: brown, black and red pattern over white gauze dress 50 x 23 cm (19 11/16 x 9 1/16 in).

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