Mask

Museum number:
18-1657
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4655
Description:
Mask, funerary, wood, hand-carved; stylized human face (labeled “woman servant” on back) with elongated nose; enlarged ears with earrings attached to face with glue; features and hair outlined with charcoal and chalk pigments. Length 15.0 cm. Width 17.0 cm. See 18-1649. Compare with 18-1656.
Donor:
Wyn Sargent
Collection place:
Brunei
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
October 4, 1994
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Mask, accession number 18-1657, described as Mask, funerary, wood, hand-carved; stylized human face (labeled “woman servant” on back) with elongated nose; enlarged ears with earrings attached to face with glue; features and hair outlined with charcoal and chalk pigments. Length 15.0 cm. Width 17.0 cm. See 18-1649. Compare with 18-1656.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Mask, accession number 18-1657, described as Mask, funerary, wood, hand-carved; stylized human face (labeled “woman servant” on back) with elongated nose; enlarged ears with earrings attached to face with glue; features and hair outlined with charcoal and chalk pigments. Length 15.0 cm. Width 17.0 cm. See 18-1649. Compare with 18-1656.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Mask, accession number 18-1657, described as Mask, funerary, wood, hand-carved; stylized human face (labeled “woman servant” on back) with elongated nose; enlarged ears with earrings attached to face with glue; features and hair outlined with charcoal and chalk pigments. Length 15.0 cm. Width 17.0 cm. See 18-1649. Compare with 18-1656.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 18-1657, described as Mask, funerary, wood, hand-carved; stylized human face (labeled “woman servant” on back) with elongated nose; enlarged ears with earrings attached to face with glue; features and hair outlined with charcoal and chalk pigments. Length 15.0 cm. Width 17.0 cm. See 18-1649. Compare with 18-1656.

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