Mask

Museum number:
9-11315
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2696
Description:
mask of Shiva; carved wood, painted predominately red and gold; 37 cm length; 17 cm width;
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
Arunchal Pradesh, India
Verbatim coll. place:
India/Assam, North East Forntier Agency
Collector:
Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Person depicted:
Shiva (Hindu deity)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
November 11, 1970
Context of use:
worn? by men in ritual celebrations?
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 37 centimeters and width 17 centimeters
Loans:
S1985-1986 #36: Music Library (UC Berkeley) (May 5, 1986–June 15, 1987)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 9-11315, described as mask of Shiva; carved wood, painted predominately red and gold; 37 cm length; 17 cm width;Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 9-11315, described as mask of Shiva; carved wood, painted predominately red and gold; 37 cm length; 17 cm width;
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 9-11315, described as mask of Shiva; carved wood, painted predominately red and gold; 37 cm length; 17 cm width;

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