Hand puppet

Museum number:
9-22274
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090022274
Alternate number:
45 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4735
Description:
Puppet, hand. Taoist Priest. A. Head: carved wood, white with orange, pink, green and black features and grey skull cap. Hair: white, braided in black. B. Body: cloth, white. Legs: cloth, white. Hands: White wood. Boots: black plastic. C. Robe: cloth, shiny green with silver bands, ying yang, white 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:
width 42 centimeters and height 50 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22274, described as Puppet, hand. Taoist Priest. A. Head: carved wood, white with orange, pink, green and black features and grey skull cap. Hair: white, braided in black. B. Body: cloth, white. Legs: cloth, white. Hands: White wood. Boots: black plastic. C. Robe: cloth, shiny green with silver bands, ying yang, white rabbit fur trim.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22274, described as Puppet, hand. Taoist Priest. A. Head: carved wood, white with orange, pink, green and black features and grey skull cap. Hair: white, braided in black. B. Body: cloth, white. Legs: cloth, white. Hands: White wood. Boots: black plastic. C. Robe: cloth, shiny green with silver bands, ying yang, white rabbit fur trim.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22274, described as Puppet, hand. Taoist Priest. A. Head: carved wood, white with orange, pink, green and black features and grey skull cap. Hair: white, braided in black. B. Body: cloth, white. Legs: cloth, white. Hands: White wood. Boots: black plastic. C. Robe: cloth, shiny green with silver bands, ying yang, white rabbit fur trim.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22274, described as Puppet, hand. Taoist Priest. A. Head: carved wood, white with orange, pink, green and black features and grey skull cap. Hair: white, braided in black. B. Body: cloth, white. Legs: cloth, white. Hands: White wood. Boots: black plastic. C. Robe: cloth, shiny green with silver bands, ying yang, white rabbit fur trim.

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