Mask Item Number: 2872/3 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Mask of a man’s face, with all features carved rather than solely painted. Black wavy hair surrounds a headdress carved with flowers and line patterns, painted bronze. Thick black eyebrows sit above large round eyes with bored eyeholes under the pupils. Below a pronounced forehead crease is a large protruding nose with two nostril holes bored through the wood. The mouth is open to show a row of white teeth and to either side is a curling moustache. Two small holes are bored through the sides of the mask at the edges, and one at the top centre. The interior of the mask is concave and painted brown.
History Of Use
Wooden theatre or dancing mask (wayang topeng).
Item History
- Made in Java, Indonesia
- Collected between 1990 and 1999
- Owned by Betty Cairney
- Owned by Jack Cairney before March 15, 2011
- Received from Jack Cairney (Donor) on March 15, 2011
What
Who
- Culture
- Javanese
- Previous Owner
- Betty Cairney and Jack Cairney
- Received from
- Jack Cairney (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Java, Indonesia
When
- Collection Date
- between 1990 and 1999
- Ownership Date
- before March 15, 2011
- Acquisition Date
- on March 15, 2011
Other
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 2872/0003