Mask

58-17-171

From: Indonesia | Bali (Indonesia)

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number 58-17-171
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Balinese
Provenience Indonesia | Bali (Indonesia)
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood | Fur | Pigment
Technique Carved | Painted
Description

Light brown face with bulging wall eyes, broad nose, and open mouth with red lips [?] and seven teeth above (with one black gap in center), four teeth below. Real black fur eyebrows and soul patch. Curved wrinkles on forehead, between eyebrows, on nose and across cheeks outlined in black. A comic mask for the Topeng dance drama.

Height 17 cm
Width 12.5 cm
Depth 7.5 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Harry B. Wright, 1958
Other Number 58-17i - Other Number | CG2013-3-5 - Found in Collection Number

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