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Object Number
80-21-60/22428
Display Title
Mask
Descriptions
Object Description
Mask. Mask with the appearance of an elderly man constructed out of two pieces of wood with a mobile/kinetic chin and mouth, attached by silk cords. The facial hair is formed out of horse hair and the lips are painted red while the rest of the wood surface is stained/laquered dark brown. There are paper ties on the sides of the mask, possibly for wearing. See conservation for addition description.
Inventory Description
Mask, carved wood, moveable jaw, hair eyebrows beard and mustache
Classification
- Mask
Department
Ethnographic
Date
ca.1780
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia
/
Japan
Dimensions
Overall: 19 x 14.6 x 7.5 cm (7 1/2 x 5 3/4 x 2 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
22.428; 71
Provenance
Collector
Prof. Edward Sylvester Morse
(1879 - 1880)
Seller
Prof. Edward Sylvester Morse
(1880)
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