Hand puppet

Museum number:
9-22292
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
63 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4735
Description:
Puppet, hand. Old Man. A. Head, carved wood, orange with green, blue, black and white features, long white hair and eye brows. B. Body: white cloth, Legs: red cloth, Boots: black and white wood, Hands: white wood, missing fingers. C. Robe: white cloth, red, green and gold diagonal stripes, pink sequins, pink, yellow and green rabbit fur trim.
Donor:
Senzan Hsu
Collection place:
Taiwan
Verbatim coll. place:
Taiwan
Culture or time period:
Taiwanese
Collector:
The Hsu Family
Collection date:
ca. 1910-1950
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 49 centimeters and width 30 centimeters
Comment:
Head has been repaired and repainted, minor wear to robe.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22292, described as Puppet, hand. Old Man. A. Head, carved wood, orange with green, blue, black and white features, long white hair and eye brows. B. Body: white cloth, Legs: red cloth, Boots: black and white wood, Hands: white wood, missing fingers. C. Robe: white cloth, red, green and gold diagonal stripes, pink sequins, pink, yellow and green rabbit fur trim.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22292, described as Puppet, hand. Old Man. A. Head, carved wood, orange with green, blue, black and white features, long white hair and eye brows. B. Body: white cloth, Legs: red cloth, Boots: black and white wood, Hands: white wood, missing fingers. C. Robe: white cloth, red, green and gold diagonal stripes, pink sequins, pink, yellow and green rabbit fur trim.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22292, described as Puppet, hand. Old Man. A. Head, carved wood, orange with green, blue, black and white features, long white hair and eye brows. B. Body: white cloth, Legs: red cloth, Boots: black and white wood, Hands: white wood, missing fingers. C. Robe: white cloth, red, green and gold diagonal stripes, pink sequins, pink, yellow and green rabbit fur trim.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22292, described as Puppet, hand. Old Man. A. Head, carved wood, orange with green, blue, black and white features, long white hair and eye brows. B. Body: white cloth, Legs: red cloth, Boots: black and white wood, Hands: white wood, missing fingers. C. Robe: white cloth, red, green and gold diagonal stripes, pink sequins, pink, yellow and green rabbit fur trim.

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