Hand puppet

Museum number:
9-22401
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4735
Description:
Puppet, hand. Indian Man A. Head: carved wood, off-white with orange, black and brown features, pink cheeks, painted black facial hair, short black hair in a bun. B. Body: white cloth. Legs: cloth, brown with white flowers. Hands: white wood, red nails. Boots: plastic, black. C. Robe: cloth, green with black, orange, red and green waistband, pink and gold yoke, white beads and silver mirrors, yellow and white rabbit fur trim. 52 x 35 cm (20 1/2 x 13 3/4 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:
width 35 centimeters and height 52 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 9 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22401, described as Puppet, hand. Indian Man A. Head: carved wood, off-white with orange, black and brown features, pink cheeks, painted black facial hair, short black hair in a bun. B. Body: white cloth. Legs: cloth, brown with white flowers. Hands: white wood, red nails. Boots: plastic, black. C. Robe: cloth, green with black, orange, red and green waistband, pink and gold yoke, white beads and silver mirrors, yellow and white rabbit fur trim. 52 x 35 cm (20 1/2 x 13 3/4 in)Hearst Museum object 2 of 9 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22401, described as Puppet, hand. Indian Man A. Head: carved wood, off-white with orange, black and brown features, pink cheeks, painted black facial hair, short black hair in a bun. B. Body: white cloth. Legs: cloth, brown with white flowers. Hands: white wood, red nails. Boots: plastic, black. C. Robe: cloth, green with black, orange, red and green waistband, pink and gold yoke, white beads and silver mirrors, yellow and white rabbit fur trim. 52 x 35 cm (20 1/2 x 13 3/4 in)Hearst Museum object 3 of 9 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22401, described as Puppet, hand. Indian Man A. Head: carved wood, off-white with orange, black and brown features, pink cheeks, painted black facial hair, short black hair in a bun. B. Body: white cloth. Legs: cloth, brown with white flowers. Hands: white wood, red nails. Boots: plastic, black. C. Robe: cloth, green with black, orange, red and green waistband, pink and gold yoke, white beads and silver mirrors, yellow and white rabbit fur trim. 52 x 35 cm (20 1/2 x 13 3/4 in)Hearst Museum object 4 of 9 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22401, described as Puppet, hand. Indian Man A. Head: carved wood, off-white with orange, black and brown features, pink cheeks, painted black facial hair, short black hair in a bun. B. Body: white cloth. Legs: cloth, brown with white flowers. Hands: white wood, red nails. Boots: plastic, black. C. Robe: cloth, green with black, orange, red and green waistband, pink and gold yoke, white beads and silver mirrors, yellow and white rabbit fur trim. 52 x 35 cm (20 1/2 x 13 3/4 in)Hearst Museum object 5 of 9 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22401, described as Puppet, hand. Indian Man A. Head: carved wood, off-white with orange, black and brown features, pink cheeks, painted black facial hair, short black hair in a bun. B. Body: white cloth. Legs: cloth, brown with white flowers. Hands: white wood, red nails. Boots: plastic, black. C. Robe: cloth, green with black, orange, red and green waistband, pink and gold yoke, white beads and silver mirrors, yellow and white rabbit fur trim. 52 x 35 cm (20 1/2 x 13 3/4 in)Hearst Museum object 6 of 9 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22401, described as Puppet, hand. Indian Man A. Head: carved wood, off-white with orange, black and brown features, pink cheeks, painted black facial hair, short black hair in a bun. B. Body: white cloth. Legs: cloth, brown with white flowers. Hands: white wood, red nails. Boots: plastic, black. C. Robe: cloth, green with black, orange, red and green waistband, pink and gold yoke, white beads and silver mirrors, yellow and white rabbit fur trim. 52 x 35 cm (20 1/2 x 13 3/4 in)Hearst Museum object 7 of 9 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22401, described as Puppet, hand. Indian Man A. Head: carved wood, off-white with orange, black and brown features, pink cheeks, painted black facial hair, short black hair in a bun. B. Body: white cloth. Legs: cloth, brown with white flowers. Hands: white wood, red nails. Boots: plastic, black. C. Robe: cloth, green with black, orange, red and green waistband, pink and gold yoke, white beads and silver mirrors, yellow and white rabbit fur trim. 52 x 35 cm (20 1/2 x 13 3/4 in)Hearst Museum object 8 of 9 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22401, described as Puppet, hand. Indian Man A. Head: carved wood, off-white with orange, black and brown features, pink cheeks, painted black facial hair, short black hair in a bun. B. Body: white cloth. Legs: cloth, brown with white flowers. Hands: white wood, red nails. Boots: plastic, black. C. Robe: cloth, green with black, orange, red and green waistband, pink and gold yoke, white beads and silver mirrors, yellow and white rabbit fur trim. 52 x 35 cm (20 1/2 x 13 3/4 in)Hearst Museum object 9 of 9 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22401, described as Puppet, hand. Indian Man A. Head: carved wood, off-white with orange, black and brown features, pink cheeks, painted black facial hair, short black hair in a bun. B. Body: white cloth. Legs: cloth, brown with white flowers. Hands: white wood, red nails. Boots: plastic, black. C. Robe: cloth, green with black, orange, red and green waistband, pink and gold yoke, white beads and silver mirrors, yellow and white rabbit fur trim. 52 x 35 cm (20 1/2 x 13 3/4 in)

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