Mask
58-17-163
From: Indonesia | Bali (Indonesia)
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 58-17-163 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Balinese |
| Provenience | Indonesia | Bali (Indonesia) |
| Date Made | Before 1953 |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood | Fur | Pigment |
| Technique | Carved | Painted |
| Description | Brown face with one huge bulging eye and an open mouth with three large teeth: one above and two below. A swollen cheek impinges on the mouth, squashes one side of the nose, and reduces the eye on that side to a squint. Open slit under bulging eye, holes for squinting eye, nostrils and mouth. Real black fur eyebrows. A comic mask for the Balinese Topeng dance drama. Hole at top with fiber loop for hanging: probably made for sale. |
| Height | 19 cm |
| Width | 14 cm |
| Depth | 7.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Harry B. Wright, 1958 |
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