Mask

Museum number:
18-1483
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3829
Description:
Mask, wood; carved in image of human face with bulging eyes and grinning mouth; animal hair moustache attached; string tie attached through hole at each side. Worn in religious rituals or dance. Width 15.5 cm. Length 21 cm.
Donor:
Leo Brereton and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Borneo, Indonesia
Culture or time period:
Indonesian
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 18-1483, described as Mask, wood; carved in image of human face with bulging eyes and grinning mouth; animal hair moustache attached; string tie attached through hole at each side. Worn in religious rituals or dance. Width 15.5 cm. Length 21 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 18-1483, described as Mask, wood; carved in image of human face with bulging eyes and grinning mouth; animal hair moustache attached; string tie attached through hole at each side. Worn in religious rituals or dance. Width 15.5 cm. Length 21 cm.

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