Moon face mask from a mblo performance

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...

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...

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...

1916.9.321 Name and identification of character The head of the Sanni demon family, referred to as Maha-kola sanni yaka, Raja-mulu sanni yaka, or Daha-ata sanni yaka (Sin.) (Yaka ...

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...

1916.9.264 Name and identification of character The king of the cobras, na-rajjuruvo or naga raja (Sin.). Context A mythological character presenting a solo-dance in stage two in...

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...