Mask

Museum number:
18-893
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21180000893
Accession number:
Acc.3355
Description:
Mask - wall hanging; anthropomorphic face “mask;” carved wood; olive green ground, red, gold-toned and black painted features; orange silk painted features; orange silk plaited hanging cord through perforations at side. Curio. Many “masks” of this genre were carved for Japanese officers during the occupation of Indonesia (1941-45) but this example may be earlier (fide Joseph Fischer, 1978). Height 32 cm.
Donor:
Carl Lindros
Collection place:
Java, Indonesia
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume) and Plaited weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1978-1979 #7: Music Library (UC Berkeley)/Ann Basart (July 13, 1978–October 25, 1978) and S1983-1984 #24: Merritt College (October 26, 1983–March 26, 1984)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 18-893, described as Mask - wall hanging; anthropomorphic face “mask;” carved wood; olive green ground, red, gold-toned and black painted features; orange silk painted features; orange silk plaited hanging cord through perforations at side. Curio. Many “masks” of this genre were carved for Japanese officers during the occupation of Indonesia (1941-45) but this example may be earlier (fide Joseph Fischer, 1978). Height 32 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 18-893, described as Mask - wall hanging; anthropomorphic face “mask;” carved wood; olive green ground, red, gold-toned and black painted features; orange silk painted features; orange silk plaited hanging cord through perforations at side. Curio. Many “masks” of this genre were carved for Japanese officers during the occupation of Indonesia (1941-45) but this example may be earlier (fide Joseph Fischer, 1978). Height 32 cm.

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