Figure Item Number: Eg83 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Polychrome male head, light brown-white face and neck. Black hair, urna, eyebrows, sideburns, moustache, eye outlines, and pupils. Red lips, tongue, spot on nose, and rings around eyes. Green dots on cheeks, and band along chin. Light red-white teeth and inner ear. Creature has fangs and protruding tongue.
History Of Use
String puppet head: demon.
Iconographic Meaning
Protruding tongue and fangs indicate the creature is a demon.
Cultural Context
puppet theatre.
Item History
- Made in India
- Collected between 1955 and 1973
- Owned by Victor Hardy before December 11, 1979
- Received from Victor Hardy (Donor) on December 11, 1979
What
Who
- Culture
- South India
- Previous Owner
- Victor Hardy
- Received from
- Victor Hardy (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- India
When
- Collection Date
- between 1955 and 1973
- Ownership Date
- before December 11, 1979
- Acquisition Date
- on December 11, 1979
Other
- Item Classes
- carvings & sculpture
- Condition
- poor
- Accession Number
- 0580/0028