Mask

67-15-11

From: Japan

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 67-15-11
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Japanese
Provenience Japan
Section Asian
Materials Wood | Paint
Technique Painted
Iconography Old Man | Kitoku | Sanju
Description

Bugaku mask. Unusual type, possibly Kitoku or Sanju. Upside-down pear shaped head with pointy chin. Attached grey/white hair for eyebrows and moustache. Furrowed brow. Brown-green lacquer. Sneering man's face. Cut-out eyes and nostrils.

Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Gustav J. Martin in memory of late husband, 1967
Other Number 10567 - Other Number

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