Mask
58-17-169
From: Indonesia | Bali (Indonesia)
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 58-17-169 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Balinese |
| Provenience | Indonesia | Bali (Indonesia) |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood | Pigment |
| Technique | Carved | Painted |
| Description | White mask with large open oval eyes, broad nose, and distorted mouth with seven crooked upper teeth. No lower jaw. Open holes for nostrils. Real black fur eyebrows and moustache (one side). Curved wrinkles on forehead, between and at sides of eyes, and around cheeks drawn finely in black. A comic mask for the Balinese Topeng dance drama. |
| Height | 16 cm |
| Width | 13 cm |
| Depth | 8 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Harry B. Wright, 1958 |
| Other Number | 58-17d - Other Number | No. 36 - Other Number | CG2013-3-3 - Found in Collection Number |
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