Exhibition: Dramatic Museum Realia
Item appears in the following exhibition pageItem Information Send feedback on this itemDublin CoreTitleGigaku mask of sacred bird (Karura)
DescriptionMask of plaster-like material over cloth, painted red, blue and green. Bird-like being with a comb and beak (round object held in beak); has fierce expression
Dr. Wells believes that this is one of 41 masks acquired from Orientalia, New York, 1936. Much closer to Karura type than to Tibetan or Chinese masks
SourceDramatic Museum Realia
Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University
IdentifierDM number: M11.01
Box: 112
CoverageJapan
Still Image Item Type MetadataOriginal FormatMasks (costume)
composition
Physical Dimensions15.625"x22.5"
Citation“Gigaku mask of sacred bird (Karura),” Columbia University Libraries Online Exhibitions, accessed January 3, 2025, https://exhibitions.library.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/realia/item/2505. |