Mask Item Number: 2872/5 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Mask of a bird face, with a jutting, pointed blue beak, pink mouth slightly open and red tongue peeking out. Eye holes are bored through the wood under the round pink and black pupils and a red comb sits between the eyes. The face is covered with painted feathers each in 3 shades of blue. A headdress surrounds the forehead, with a protruding carving of a small bird at centre just above the comb, and large decorated portions on the sides of the head. The inside of the mask is concave and unpainted with a gold sticker attached to the forehead area.
History Of Use
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
- 2872/0005