Hand puppet

Museum number:
9-22296
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4735
Description:
Puppet, hand. Taoist Land Spirit. A. Head, carved wood, lizard-like face, blue and pink with black and orange features, multi-color hair. B. Body and legs: cloth, white. Boots: gray and black wood. Hands: wood, gray. C. Robe: cloth, white with orange and gold, blue, green and white rabbit fur trim. 45 x 27 cm (17 11/16 x 10 5/8 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 27 centimeters and height 45 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22296, described as Puppet, hand. Taoist Land Spirit. A. Head, carved wood, lizard-like face, blue and pink with black and orange features, multi-color hair. B. Body and legs: cloth, white. Boots: gray and black wood. Hands: wood, gray. C. Robe: cloth, white with orange and gold, blue, green and white rabbit fur trim. 45 x 27 cm (17 11/16 x 10 5/8 in)Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22296, described as Puppet, hand. Taoist Land Spirit. A. Head, carved wood, lizard-like face, blue and pink with black and orange features, multi-color hair. B. Body and legs: cloth, white. Boots: gray and black wood. Hands: wood, gray. C. Robe: cloth, white with orange and gold, blue, green and white rabbit fur trim. 45 x 27 cm (17 11/16 x 10 5/8 in)Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22296, described as Puppet, hand. Taoist Land Spirit. A. Head, carved wood, lizard-like face, blue and pink with black and orange features, multi-color hair. B. Body and legs: cloth, white. Boots: gray and black wood. Hands: wood, gray. C. Robe: cloth, white with orange and gold, blue, green and white rabbit fur trim. 45 x 27 cm (17 11/16 x 10 5/8 in)Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22296, described as Puppet, hand. Taoist Land Spirit. A. Head, carved wood, lizard-like face, blue and pink with black and orange features, multi-color hair. B. Body and legs: cloth, white. Boots: gray and black wood. Hands: wood, gray. C. Robe: cloth, white with orange and gold, blue, green and white rabbit fur trim. 45 x 27 cm (17 11/16 x 10 5/8 in)Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22296, described as Puppet, hand. Taoist Land Spirit. A. Head, carved wood, lizard-like face, blue and pink with black and orange features, multi-color hair. B. Body and legs: cloth, white. Boots: gray and black wood. Hands: wood, gray. C. Robe: cloth, white with orange and gold, blue, green and white rabbit fur trim. 45 x 27 cm (17 11/16 x 10 5/8 in)Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22296, described as Puppet, hand. Taoist Land Spirit. A. Head, carved wood, lizard-like face, blue and pink with black and orange features, multi-color hair. B. Body and legs: cloth, white. Boots: gray and black wood. Hands: wood, gray. C. Robe: cloth, white with orange and gold, blue, green and white rabbit fur trim. 45 x 27 cm (17 11/16 x 10 5/8 in)

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