Dramatic Museum Realia

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Dramatic Museum Realia: Masks: Japan: Gallery 3

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God or Demon mask

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Title

God or Demon mask

Description

Black mask of god or demon with very flat nose, wide red lips (with two fang-like teeth showing, and large bug eyes turne up. Shows more fear than ferocity

Source

Dramatic Museum Realia
Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University

Identifier

DM number: M1.37
Box: 94

Coverage

Japan

Additional Item Metadata

Provenance

purchase, Orientalia, NY, 1936

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Masks (costume)
wood

Physical Dimensions

9.5"x7.625"

Citation

“God or Demon mask,” Columbia University Libraries Online Exhibitions, accessed January 3, 2025, https://exhibitions.library.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/realia/item/2501.

Rare Book & Manuscript Library / Butler Library, 6th Fl. East / 535 West 114th St. / New York, NY 10027 / (212) 854-5153 / rbml@libraries.cul.columia.edu

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