Hand puppet

Museum number:
9-22412
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090022412
Accession number:
Acc.4735
Description:
Puppet, hand. Dragon King. A. Head: carved wood, light orange with red, green, brown and black features, pink cheeks, long red synthetic hair, green and red wooden dragon on top of head with blue plastic beads. B. Body and legs: white cloth. Hands: white plastic. Boots: wood, gray and yellow. C. Robe: cloth, orange and green, silver couching, purple, green, silver and gold sequins, white, blue and black rabbit fur trim. 55 x 29 cm (21 5/8 x 11 7/16 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:
Dragons and 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 29 centimeters and height 55 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22412, described as Puppet, hand. Dragon King. A. Head: carved wood, light orange with red, green, brown and black features, pink cheeks, long red synthetic hair, green and red wooden dragon on top of head with blue plastic beads. B. Body and legs: white cloth. Hands: white plastic. Boots: wood, gray and yellow. C. Robe: cloth, orange and green, silver couching, purple, green, silver and gold sequins, white, blue and black rabbit fur trim. 55 x 29 cm (21 5/8 x 11 7/16 in)Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22412, described as Puppet, hand. Dragon King. A. Head: carved wood, light orange with red, green, brown and black features, pink cheeks, long red synthetic hair, green and red wooden dragon on top of head with blue plastic beads. B. Body and legs: white cloth. Hands: white plastic. Boots: wood, gray and yellow. C. Robe: cloth, orange and green, silver couching, purple, green, silver and gold sequins, white, blue and black rabbit fur trim. 55 x 29 cm (21 5/8 x 11 7/16 in)Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22412, described as Puppet, hand. Dragon King. A. Head: carved wood, light orange with red, green, brown and black features, pink cheeks, long red synthetic hair, green and red wooden dragon on top of head with blue plastic beads. B. Body and legs: white cloth. Hands: white plastic. Boots: wood, gray and yellow. C. Robe: cloth, orange and green, silver couching, purple, green, silver and gold sequins, white, blue and black rabbit fur trim. 55 x 29 cm (21 5/8 x 11 7/16 in)Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22412, described as Puppet, hand. Dragon King. A. Head: carved wood, light orange with red, green, brown and black features, pink cheeks, long red synthetic hair, green and red wooden dragon on top of head with blue plastic beads. B. Body and legs: white cloth. Hands: white plastic. Boots: wood, gray and yellow. C. Robe: cloth, orange and green, silver couching, purple, green, silver and gold sequins, white, blue and black rabbit fur trim. 55 x 29 cm (21 5/8 x 11 7/16 in)

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