Hand puppet

Museum number:
9-22252
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090022252
Accession number:
Acc.4735
Object count:
3
Description:
Puppet, hand. Ghost. A. Head: wood, carved. gold with red and black features, orange hair and eyebrows. B. Body: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, black and white. C. Robe: cloth, black with pink and green sequins, pink and white rabbit fur trim. 46 x 30 (18 1/8 x 11 13/16 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:
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 30 centimeters and height 46 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 8 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22252, described as Puppet, hand. Ghost. A. Head: wood, carved. gold with red and black features, orange hair and eyebrows. B. Body: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, black and white. C. Robe: cloth, black with pink and green sequins, pink and white rabbit fur trim. 46 x 30 (18 1/8 x 11 13/16 in).Hearst Museum object 2 of 8 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22252, described as Puppet, hand. Ghost. A. Head: wood, carved. gold with red and black features, orange hair and eyebrows. B. Body: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, black and white. C. Robe: cloth, black with pink and green sequins, pink and white rabbit fur trim. 46 x 30 (18 1/8 x 11 13/16 in).Hearst Museum object 3 of 8 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22252, described as Puppet, hand. Ghost. A. Head: wood, carved. gold with red and black features, orange hair and eyebrows. B. Body: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, black and white. C. Robe: cloth, black with pink and green sequins, pink and white rabbit fur trim. 46 x 30 (18 1/8 x 11 13/16 in).Hearst Museum object 4 of 8 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22252, described as Puppet, hand. Ghost. A. Head: wood, carved. gold with red and black features, orange hair and eyebrows. B. Body: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, black and white. C. Robe: cloth, black with pink and green sequins, pink and white rabbit fur trim. 46 x 30 (18 1/8 x 11 13/16 in).Hearst Museum object 5 of 8 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22252, described as Puppet, hand. Ghost. A. Head: wood, carved. gold with red and black features, orange hair and eyebrows. B. Body: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, black and white. C. Robe: cloth, black with pink and green sequins, pink and white rabbit fur trim. 46 x 30 (18 1/8 x 11 13/16 in).Hearst Museum object 6 of 8 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22252, described as Puppet, hand. Ghost. A. Head: wood, carved. gold with red and black features, orange hair and eyebrows. B. Body: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, black and white. C. Robe: cloth, black with pink and green sequins, pink and white rabbit fur trim. 46 x 30 (18 1/8 x 11 13/16 in).Hearst Museum object 7 of 8 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22252, described as Puppet, hand. Ghost. A. Head: wood, carved. gold with red and black features, orange hair and eyebrows. B. Body: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, black and white. C. Robe: cloth, black with pink and green sequins, pink and white rabbit fur trim. 46 x 30 (18 1/8 x 11 13/16 in).Hearst Museum object 8 of 8 titled Hand puppet, accession number 9-22252, described as Puppet, hand. Ghost. A. Head: wood, carved. gold with red and black features, orange hair and eyebrows. B. Body: cloth, white. Hands: wood, white. Boots: wood, black and white. C. Robe: cloth, black with pink and green sequins, pink and white rabbit fur trim. 46 x 30 (18 1/8 x 11 13/16 in).

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