Mask Item Number: 1109/3 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
The wood mask (part a) is beige-pink with a wrinkled brow and eyebrows painted whispy black. Round bulging gold-coloured eyes with the pupils cut out. Large nose with nostrils cut out. Red-painted groove for compressed mouth. Moustache, goatee, and beard painted whispy black. The bag (part b) is a light beige-cream colour with a patterned floral landscape design including the colours red, blue, green, pink, silver, and orange-beige. The bag has two ties, one on the side and the other on the overlaying flap to tie and close the bag together.
Item History
- Made in Japan
- Owned by Makio Umewaka before August 14, 1985
- Received from Makio Umewaka (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Shop Volunteers (Funding source) on August 14, 1985
What
- Name
- Mask
- Identification Number
- 1109/3 a-b
- Type of Item
- mask
- Material
- wood, paint and silk fibre ?
- Part A
- height 21.5 cm, width 15.0 cm, depth 10.5 cm
- Part B
- height 4.0 cm, width 27.0 cm, depth 23.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- Japanese
- Previous Owner
- Makio Umewaka
- Received from
- Makio Umewaka (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Shop Volunteers (Funding source)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Japan
When
- Ownership Date
- before August 14, 1985
- Acquisition Date
- on August 14, 1985
Other
- Condition
- poor
- Accession Number
- 1109/0003 a-b