Mask of jagan-natha

Museum number:
9-5825
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2473 and Acc.374
Description:
Mask of Jagan-natha, Lord of Creation and avatar of Vishnu and Krishna; paper mache; black face with attributes on truncated arms at either side of face; circular eyes, rounded base, peaked top; height 34.5 cm.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Odisha State, India
Materials:
Paper maché
Person depicted:
Krishna (Hindu deity) and Vishnu (Hindu deity)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1909 and 1969
Context of use:
Hindu pilgrim souvenir from main Jagan-natha; symbols are mirror with wheel, chank shell. Image has only stumps according to Hindu myth.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1970-1971 #33: Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo (October 19, 1970–January 11, 1971)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mask of jagan-natha, accession number 9-5825, described as Mask of Jagan-natha, Lord of Creation and avatar of Vishnu and Krishna; paper mache; black face with attributes on truncated arms at either side of face; circular eyes, rounded base, peaked top; height 34.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask of jagan-natha, accession number 9-5825, described as Mask of Jagan-natha, Lord of Creation and avatar of Vishnu and Krishna; paper mache; black face with attributes on truncated arms at either side of face; circular eyes, rounded base, peaked top; height 34.5 cm.

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