Puppet

Museum number:
9-10919
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
50b (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2696
Description:
puppet of monkey, white, black & red; cardboard, bamboo, string length (with stick) 43 cm; width varying, up to 18 cm.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
Udaipur district, Rajasthan, India
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Rajasthan, Udaipur district
Collector:
Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro
Collection date:
August 1969
Materials:
Bamboo (material) and Cardboard (cardboard, painted; bamboo stick; string)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Puppets (recreational artifacts)
Function:
6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Accession date:
November 11, 1970
Context of use:
Sold at festivals; used anytime for play by children; string is pulled to make limbs move; Made by members of lower castes.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
w/ stick— length 43 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Puppet, accession number 9-10919, described as puppet of monkey, white, black & red; cardboard, bamboo, string length (with stick) 43 cm; width varying, up to 18 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Puppet, accession number 9-10919, described as puppet of monkey, white, black & red; cardboard, bamboo, string length (with stick) 43 cm; width varying, up to 18 cm.

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