Gigaku mask; carved and painted wooden mask of karura, Buddhist mythical bird of protection; h. 38 cm. [Card addendum in different typeface: A copy signed by Kano Tessai, a famed netsuke carver, 1845=1925]
Donor:
Estate of John F. Coulthard and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Japan
Verbatim coll. place:
Japan attrib.
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Maker or artist:
Kano Tessai
Collector:
John T. Coulthard
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Inscription:
signed by Kano Tessai, a famed netsuke carver, 1845=1925
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1967
Context of use:
Used in gigaku mask dramas held in temples.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
height 38 centimeters
Loans:
S1967-1968 #126: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology/Vera Mae Frederickson (April 22, 1968–April 23, 1968) and S1993-1994 #2: Robert Mizono Studios (August 12, 1993–unknown)