Mask
58-17-154
From: Indonesia | Bali (Indonesia)
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 58-17-154 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Balinese |
| Provenience | Indonesia | Bali (Indonesia) |
| Date Made | Before 1953 |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood | Fur | Hair | Pigment |
| Technique | Carved | Painted |
| Description | Male mask, brown, with bulging wall eyes and pursed red lips. Real black hair, eyebrows, bushy moustache and goatee. Narrow slits under eyes, large round holes for nostrils, small opening at mouth. Forehead, cheeks, and chin carved with deep wrinkles. A comic mask for the Balinese Topeng dance drama: Topeng Bujuh? |
| Height | 17 cm |
| Width | 14 cm |
| Depth | 7 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Harry B. Wright, 1958 |
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