Puppet

Museum number:
9-16253
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3553
Description:
Hand puppet, carved wood, lacquered skin and features, chipped nose, long black hair glued to head. Garment primarily red sating trimmed with sequins and fur. Head and neck, 17 cm long. Garment, 27 cm long.
Donor:
Burton Benedict
Collection place:
China
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Puppets (recreational artifacts)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Puppet, accession number 9-16253, described as Hand puppet, carved wood, lacquered skin and features, chipped nose, long black hair glued to head. Garment primarily red sating trimmed with sequins and fur. Head and neck, 17 cm long. Garment, 27 cm long.

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