Hand puppet

Museum number:
9-22422
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090022422
Accession number:
Acc.4735
Description:
Puppet, hand. Mongolian Princess. A. Head: carved wood, red mouth, green and black eyes, long white hair and eyes brows, tall, pink, green and gold crown. B. Body: cloth, light orange. Legs: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, gray and black. C. Robe: cloth, metallic pink with silver appliques of "good luck" characters, white rabbit fur trim. 50 x 35 cm (19 11/16 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:
height 50 centimeters and width 35 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22422, described as Puppet, hand. Mongolian Princess. A. Head: carved wood, red mouth, green and black eyes, long white hair and eyes brows, tall, pink, green and gold crown. B. Body: cloth, light orange. Legs: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, gray and black. C. Robe: cloth, metallic pink with silver appliques of "good luck" characters, white rabbit fur trim. 50 x 35 cm (19 11/16 x 13 3/4 in)Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22422, described as Puppet, hand. Mongolian Princess. A. Head: carved wood, red mouth, green and black eyes, long white hair and eyes brows, tall, pink, green and gold crown. B. Body: cloth, light orange. Legs: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, gray and black. C. Robe: cloth, metallic pink with silver appliques of "good luck" characters, white rabbit fur trim. 50 x 35 cm (19 11/16 x 13 3/4 in)Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22422, described as Puppet, hand. Mongolian Princess. A. Head: carved wood, red mouth, green and black eyes, long white hair and eyes brows, tall, pink, green and gold crown. B. Body: cloth, light orange. Legs: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, gray and black. C. Robe: cloth, metallic pink with silver appliques of "good luck" characters, white rabbit fur trim. 50 x 35 cm (19 11/16 x 13 3/4 in)Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22422, described as Puppet, hand. Mongolian Princess. A. Head: carved wood, red mouth, green and black eyes, long white hair and eyes brows, tall, pink, green and gold crown. B. Body: cloth, light orange. Legs: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, gray and black. C. Robe: cloth, metallic pink with silver appliques of "good luck" characters, white rabbit fur trim. 50 x 35 cm (19 11/16 x 13 3/4 in)Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22422, described as Puppet, hand. Mongolian Princess. A. Head: carved wood, red mouth, green and black eyes, long white hair and eyes brows, tall, pink, green and gold crown. B. Body: cloth, light orange. Legs: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, gray and black. C. Robe: cloth, metallic pink with silver appliques of "good luck" characters, white rabbit fur trim. 50 x 35 cm (19 11/16 x 13 3/4 in)Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22422, described as Puppet, hand. Mongolian Princess. A. Head: carved wood, red mouth, green and black eyes, long white hair and eyes brows, tall, pink, green and gold crown. B. Body: cloth, light orange. Legs: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, gray and black. C. Robe: cloth, metallic pink with silver appliques of "good luck" characters, white rabbit fur trim. 50 x 35 cm (19 11/16 x 13 3/4 in)

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