Puppet

Museum number:
9-11924
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
10943 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2692
Description:
puppet; represents a king or noble; wood, carved and painted; cotton cloth, some is stuffed; appliqued panels of cloth-of-gold and -silver; 57 cm l.; 16 cm w.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
Rajasthan, India
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Rajasthan, att.
Collector:
H. M. Lissauer
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Cotton (textile), Gold (metal), Silver (metal), and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Puppets (recreational artifacts)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
November 16, 1970
Context of use:
for puppet shows; puppet is manipulated with strings.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 16 centimeters and length 57 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Puppet, accession number 9-11924, described as puppet; represents a king or noble; wood, carved and painted; cotton cloth, some is stuffed; appliqued panels of cloth-of-gold and -silver; 57 cm l.; 16 cm w.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Puppet, accession number 9-11924, described as puppet; represents a king or noble; wood, carved and painted; cotton cloth, some is stuffed; appliqued panels of cloth-of-gold and -silver; 57 cm l.; 16 cm w.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Puppet, accession number 9-11924, described as puppet; represents a king or noble; wood, carved and painted; cotton cloth, some is stuffed; appliqued panels of cloth-of-gold and -silver; 57 cm l.; 16 cm w.

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