Mask

Museum number:
18-1271
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3741
Description:
Mask. Wood, painted red. Simple human face, crudely carved and painted red. Holes for eyes. One rattan strap at top, rattan chin rest inside. Damage at left eye. Said to be approximately 10 years old. Used in “topeng” (dance drama). Mask length 26 cm. 17 cm. at widest.
Donor:
Bernard G. Saunders and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Borneo, Indonesia
Culture or time period:
Indonesian
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 1 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 18-1271, described as Mask. Wood, painted red. Simple human face, crudely carved and painted red. Holes for eyes. One rattan strap at top, rattan chin rest inside. Damage at left eye. Said to be approximately 10 years old. Used in “topeng” (dance drama). Mask length 26 cm. 17 cm. at widest.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 18-1271, described as Mask. Wood, painted red. Simple human face, crudely carved and painted red. Holes for eyes. One rattan strap at top, rattan chin rest inside. Damage at left eye. Said to be approximately 10 years old. Used in “topeng” (dance drama). Mask length 26 cm. 17 cm. at widest.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 18-1271, described as Mask. Wood, painted red. Simple human face, crudely carved and painted red. Holes for eyes. One rattan strap at top, rattan chin rest inside. Damage at left eye. Said to be approximately 10 years old. Used in “topeng” (dance drama). Mask length 26 cm. 17 cm. at widest.

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