Gigaku Mask (Gigakumen), perhaps representing Shishiko, Suikoju, or Taikoji

Small mask in clear colors, red-white-black. Two sharp bird beaks start on top of the trip. down and meet in the middle of the mask, two triangular holes can be thought of as eyes....

Mask in clear colors, red-white-black. Djuranskikte, a goat. The upper is black painted and has two horns. The eye holes on the sides of the mask are red colored. Under the eyes, o...

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...

There are various interpretations of its function in the literature. One emphasizes the protective and healing influence of the pendant on the wearer. The other states that the pen...

Function: Forty-five theatre masks form a part of the Vanadis Collection, most of them are meant for the no-theatre. The no-theatre is counted as one of the oldest now living thea...

1916.9.289 Name and identification of character Mask used as an icon. The icon depicts a demon called kalu yaka (Sin.), also called kalu kumaraya (Sin.). Context The icon, in the...

The Georg von Békesy Collection, page 182-183. Wooden dance mask The Eastern Bapende live in a large L-shaped area on the Loange and Kasai rivers, in the middle of wich lies the ...

Mask of painted wood, yellow with long pointed nose. The mask is a dance mask that is part of the prop of a trancedans- set called kuda kepang (Indonesian, kuda: horse, kepang: b...