Item Information

Dublin Core

Title

Gigaku mask of sacred bird (Karura)

Description

Mask 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

Source

Dramatic Museum Realia

Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University

Identifier

DM number: M11.01

Box: 112

Coverage

Japan

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Masks (costume)

composition

Physical Dimensions

15.625"x22.5"

Citation

“Gigaku mask of sacred bird (Karura),” Columbia University Libraries Online Exhibitions, accessed December 18, 2025, https://exhibitions.library.columbia.edu/items/show/2505.