Mask
58-17-170
From: Indonesia | Bali (Indonesia)
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 58-17-170 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Balinese |
| Provenience | Indonesia | Bali (Indonesia) |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood | Fur | Leather | Pigment |
| Technique | Carved | Painted |
| Description | White mask with half-closed eyes and large open mouth with red lips [?] and twelve square teeth: six above and six below. Real white hair, eyebrows, moustache and beard. Open slits for eyes, round holes for nostrils, open mouth. Hinged jaw. Deeply carved wrinkles on forehead and around eyes. Probably a comic mask for the Topeng dance drama. |
| Height | 28 cm |
| Width | 14.5 cm |
| Depth | 10 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Harry B. Wright, 1958 |
| Other Number | 58-17e - Other Number | CG2013-3-4 - Found in Collection Number |
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