Hand puppet

Museum number:
9-22424
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090022424
Accession number:
Acc.4735
Description:
Puppet, hand. Taoist. A. Head: carved wood, light pink, red mouth, green, brown and black features, painted gray hair, long white hair, beard and moustache, yellow and orange lotus crown. B. Body and legs: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white, pink nails. Boots: wood, gray and white. C. Robe: cloth, yellow, green cape, gold, silver, red and blue mirrow, dark pink, white and purple rabbit fur trim. 49 x 24 cm (19 5/16 x 9 7/16 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 49 centimeters and width 24 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 8 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22424, described as Puppet, hand. Taoist. A. Head: carved wood, light pink, red mouth, green, brown and black features, painted gray hair, long white hair, beard and moustache, yellow and orange lotus crown. B. Body and legs: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white, pink nails. Boots: wood, gray and white. C. Robe: cloth, yellow, green cape, gold, silver, red and blue mirrow, dark pink, white and purple rabbit fur trim. 49 x 24 cm (19 5/16 x 9 7/16 in)Hearst Museum object 2 of 8 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22424, described as Puppet, hand. Taoist. A. Head: carved wood, light pink, red mouth, green, brown and black features, painted gray hair, long white hair, beard and moustache, yellow and orange lotus crown. B. Body and legs: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white, pink nails. Boots: wood, gray and white. C. Robe: cloth, yellow, green cape, gold, silver, red and blue mirrow, dark pink, white and purple rabbit fur trim. 49 x 24 cm (19 5/16 x 9 7/16 in)Hearst Museum object 3 of 8 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22424, described as Puppet, hand. Taoist. A. Head: carved wood, light pink, red mouth, green, brown and black features, painted gray hair, long white hair, beard and moustache, yellow and orange lotus crown. B. Body and legs: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white, pink nails. Boots: wood, gray and white. C. Robe: cloth, yellow, green cape, gold, silver, red and blue mirrow, dark pink, white and purple rabbit fur trim. 49 x 24 cm (19 5/16 x 9 7/16 in)Hearst Museum object 4 of 8 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22424, described as Puppet, hand. Taoist. A. Head: carved wood, light pink, red mouth, green, brown and black features, painted gray hair, long white hair, beard and moustache, yellow and orange lotus crown. B. Body and legs: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white, pink nails. Boots: wood, gray and white. C. Robe: cloth, yellow, green cape, gold, silver, red and blue mirrow, dark pink, white and purple rabbit fur trim. 49 x 24 cm (19 5/16 x 9 7/16 in)Hearst Museum object 5 of 8 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22424, described as Puppet, hand. Taoist. A. Head: carved wood, light pink, red mouth, green, brown and black features, painted gray hair, long white hair, beard and moustache, yellow and orange lotus crown. B. Body and legs: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white, pink nails. Boots: wood, gray and white. C. Robe: cloth, yellow, green cape, gold, silver, red and blue mirrow, dark pink, white and purple rabbit fur trim. 49 x 24 cm (19 5/16 x 9 7/16 in)Hearst Museum object 6 of 8 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22424, described as Puppet, hand. Taoist. A. Head: carved wood, light pink, red mouth, green, brown and black features, painted gray hair, long white hair, beard and moustache, yellow and orange lotus crown. B. Body and legs: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white, pink nails. Boots: wood, gray and white. C. Robe: cloth, yellow, green cape, gold, silver, red and blue mirrow, dark pink, white and purple rabbit fur trim. 49 x 24 cm (19 5/16 x 9 7/16 in)Hearst Museum object 7 of 8 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22424, described as Puppet, hand. Taoist. A. Head: carved wood, light pink, red mouth, green, brown and black features, painted gray hair, long white hair, beard and moustache, yellow and orange lotus crown. B. Body and legs: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white, pink nails. Boots: wood, gray and white. C. Robe: cloth, yellow, green cape, gold, silver, red and blue mirrow, dark pink, white and purple rabbit fur trim. 49 x 24 cm (19 5/16 x 9 7/16 in)Hearst Museum object 8 of 8 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22424, described as Puppet, hand. Taoist. A. Head: carved wood, light pink, red mouth, green, brown and black features, painted gray hair, long white hair, beard and moustache, yellow and orange lotus crown. B. Body and legs: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white, pink nails. Boots: wood, gray and white. C. Robe: cloth, yellow, green cape, gold, silver, red and blue mirrow, dark pink, white and purple rabbit fur trim. 49 x 24 cm (19 5/16 x 9 7/16 in)

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