Hand puppet

Museum number:
9-22448
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090022448
Accession number:
Acc.4735
Description:
Puppet, hand. Clown. A. Head: carved wood, pink, red mouth, black and white eyes, green and blue details, long green hair on back of head. B. Body and legs: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white, orange nails. Boots: wood, black. C. Robe: cloth, pink and orange, dark purple and pink-purple appliques with red, green and gold trim, yinyang, yellow fringe. 54 x 30 cm (21 1/4 x 11 13/16 in)
Donor:
Senzan Hsu
Collection place:
Taiwan
Verbatim coll. place:
Taiwan
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 54 centimeters and width 30 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22448, described as Puppet, hand. Clown. A. Head: carved wood, pink, red mouth, black and white eyes, green and blue details, long green hair on back of head. B. Body and legs: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white, orange nails. Boots: wood, black. C. Robe: cloth, pink and orange, dark purple and pink-purple appliques with red, green and gold trim, yinyang, yellow fringe. 54 x 30 cm (21 1/4 x 11 13/16 in)Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22448, described as Puppet, hand. Clown. A. Head: carved wood, pink, red mouth, black and white eyes, green and blue details, long green hair on back of head. B. Body and legs: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white, orange nails. Boots: wood, black. C. Robe: cloth, pink and orange, dark purple and pink-purple appliques with red, green and gold trim, yinyang, yellow fringe. 54 x 30 cm (21 1/4 x 11 13/16 in)Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22448, described as Puppet, hand. Clown. A. Head: carved wood, pink, red mouth, black and white eyes, green and blue details, long green hair on back of head. B. Body and legs: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white, orange nails. Boots: wood, black. C. Robe: cloth, pink and orange, dark purple and pink-purple appliques with red, green and gold trim, yinyang, yellow fringe. 54 x 30 cm (21 1/4 x 11 13/16 in)Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22448, described as Puppet, hand. Clown. A. Head: carved wood, pink, red mouth, black and white eyes, green and blue details, long green hair on back of head. B. Body and legs: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white, orange nails. Boots: wood, black. C. Robe: cloth, pink and orange, dark purple and pink-purple appliques with red, green and gold trim, yinyang, yellow fringe. 54 x 30 cm (21 1/4 x 11 13/16 in)

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