Mask

Museum number:
9-11318
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090011318
Alternate number:
495a (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2696
Description:
mask of Hanuman (monkey god), brass; 31 cm length; 35 cm width;
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
Varanasi (city), Varanasi District, Uttar Pradesh
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Uttar Pradesh, Benares
Culture or time period:
Hindu and Indian
Collector:
Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Brass (alloy)
Person depicted:
Hanuman (Hindu deity)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb and 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
November 11, 1970
Context of use:
worn at sacred drama? by men
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 31 centimeters and width 35 centimeters
Loans:
S1977-1978 #35: El Camino College (February 10, 1978–June 27, 1978), S1979-1980 #12: Associated Student Body (UC Berkeley) (September 25, 1979–January 22, 1980), and S1980-1981 #38: University of California, Berkeley (January 13, 1981–March 6, 1981)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 9-11318, described as mask of Hanuman (monkey god), brass; 31 cm length; 35 cm width;
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 9-11318, described as mask of Hanuman (monkey god), brass; 31 cm length; 35 cm width;

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