Mask

58-17-172

From: Indonesia | Bali (Indonesia)

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number 58-17-172
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Balinese
Provenience Indonesia | Bali (Indonesia)
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood | Fur | Pigment
Technique Carved | Painted
Description

Brown face, with bulging eyes staring straight ahead, broad nose, and small pursed mouth. Real black fur eyebrows. Slits under eyes, round holes for nostrils, small hole for mouth. Lines from sides of nose down to mouth drawn in black. A comic mask for the Balinese Topeng dance drama.

Height 16 cm
Width 13 cm
Depth 7 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Harry B. Wright, 1958
Other Number CG2013-3-6 - Found in Collection Number

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