mask (dance & live theatre)

Mask used in Cham dances, almost certainly representing Citipati, Lord of the Cemetery. White-painted grinning skull, eyeballs crudely poked through the skull's eye sockets. The mask is made from layers of cloth, paper and glue.

This skull mask was worn at the New Year dance dramas by monks dressed to resemble skeletons. The mask is made from layers of cloth, paper and glue.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
nn4214
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 227 mm x 173 mm x 80 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
papier-mâché; paint
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
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