Mask

58-17-151

From: Indonesia | Bali (Indonesia)

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number 58-17-151
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Balinese
Provenience Indonesia | Bali (Indonesia)
Date Made Before 1953
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood | Hair | Pigment
Technique Carved | Painted
Description

Wooden mask with a brown face and a movable jaw with red lips and pink gums, mostly toothless except for two widely spaced upper teeth. Real head hair, eyebrows, mustache, and beard. Large holes for eyes. Lower jaw hinged by means of a hide strip, its ends nailed to the inside lower edges of the mask. Forehead, temples, and cheeks have deeply carved wrinkles. Holes at the sides, with string and a strip of rubber to hold the mask in place. A clown mask for the Balinese Topeng dance drama.

Height 19 cm
Width 15 cm
Depth 9 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Harry B. Wright, 1958

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