Mask

58-17-159

From: Indonesia | Bali (Indonesia)

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number 58-17-159
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Balinese
Provenience Indonesia | Bali (Indonesia)
Date Made Before 1953
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood | Fur | Pigment
Technique Carved | Painted
Description

Dark brown male mask with features screwed up to one side: one eye open and bulging, the other squinting; broad nose and closed red-lipped mouth pulled up to side. Slits under eyes and round holes for nostrils. Real white hair eyebrows, moustache, and beard. A comic mask for the Balinese Topeng dance drama.

Height 17 cm
Width 13.5 cm
Depth 8 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Harry B. Wright, 1958

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