Mask
58-17-152
From: Indonesia | Bali (Indonesia)
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 58-17-152 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Balinese |
| Provenience | Indonesia | Bali (Indonesia) |
| Date Made | Before 1953 |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood | Hide | Hair | Pigment |
| Technique | Carved | Painted |
| Iconography | Human | Wolf |
| Description | Wood mask. Flesh-colored face with broad nose and large open hole for eyes. Mouth with pink gums, eight small pointed teeth, fangs. Hinged jaw. Matching hide sewn across top of domed bald head. Real head hair, bushy eyebrows, moustache, and beard. Deeply carved wrinkles, especially on forehead. Probably a demonic character in Balinese Calonarang dance drama: a comic female witch named Celuluk. (See Slattum, Judy. 2003. Balinese Masks: Spirits of Ancient Drama, pp. 96-97 and Table of Contents page.) Wood mask with flesh-colored face with broad nose and large open hole for eyes. Mouth with pink gums, eight small pointed teeth, fangs. Hinged jaw. Matching leather sewn across top of domed bald head. Real head hair, bushy eyebrows, moustache, and beard. Deeply carved wrinkles, especially on forehead. Probably a demonic character in Balinese Calonarang dance drama: a comic female witch named Celuluk. Wood mask with flesh-colored face with broad nose and large open hole for eyes. Mouth with pink gums, eight small pointed teeth, fangs. Hinged jaw. Matching leather sewn across top of domed bald head. Real head hair, bushy eyebrows, moustache, and beard. Deeply carved wrinkles, especially on forehead. Probably a demonic character in Balinese Calonarang dance drama: a comic female witch named Celuluk. Wood mask with flesh-colored face with broad nose and large open hole for eyes. Mouth with pink gums, eight small pointed teeth, fangs. Hinged jaw. Matching hide sewn across top of domed bald head. Real head hair, bushy eyebrows, moustache, and beard. Deeply carved wrinkles, especially on forehead. Probably a demonic character in Balinese Calonarang dance drama: a comic female witch named Celuluk. |
| Height | 17 cm |
| Width | 25 cm |
| Depth | 34 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Harry B. Wright, 1958 |
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