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Dance mask made of cut and painted wood, horsehair and skin. The mask is in two parts, the lower one forms the lower jaw and the upper upper jaw and the rest of the head. The parts are detachable. On the back of the underpart there are two handles for manoeuvring the mask. Two dancers are needed, one who looks after his head with his mouth that can be opened and closed, and one for his body. The mask has a demon-like face with large, round eyes and hewn teeth. The mask has ears of skins and a long horsetail. On the top of the head are holes and nails, here the associated suit (body) is to be attached. According to the General Catalogue, the mask depicts barong kèkèt,... "the most common and sacred baron... Under the loose chin party black beard made of horsehair. This is especially sacred and the water with the beard was baptized, used partly as a white water, and partly as a medicine. many villages have their own baron and the different temples in a village often have their own baron. All the accessories for the baron dance had to be inaugurated. In the vicinity of Bona, one once set. “The barong kèkèt,” like all barong masks has a moveable lower jaw with handles, has beard made of human hair to the head; this beard is the most powerful party of the " The head and body of the barong have The ations adorned with gold leaf and The with coloured glass and mirrors. Its Its e- or-four metre fur can be composed Its or men, but in most cases is made of bayu nanas, Its of the pineapple plant (Agave cantala Roxb.). Sometimes colourful cloths hang from the erect tail. A A A barong is A with great A and adA (or talked about) as Banaspati Raja, Jero Gede or Bhatara Gede: the barong is rarely A His must be Banaspati Raja is in the subject of the burial ground, His tenget. In his incarnation as a barong he has his own shrine in the chthonian In, where offerings are made to him, for In on the day galungan. The Mask of this tutelary spirit is carved The to The The The from the wood of the pulé tree (Alstonia The aris) The on the burial grounds, and is purified, The and animated by a Brahmana priest a pasrite in the way as anthropphic immoral for estate (arca lingga new, If you want to buy them without risk. Banaspati Raja, Jero Gedé or Bhatara Gedé Banthe Banfrom the BanBanof dead souls and bhuta kala, whom he Banand under control as their guardian and king Ban."(Ramseyer, Urs. 1977. p.190) (NS)