mask (dance & live theatre)

Mask of Chujo. The furrows in the middle of his pale forehead reflect his grief, while the high painted eyebrows and blackened teeth, which are peculiar to aristocrats and often seen in female masks, suggest that he is a high-ranking aristocrat. The mask can be worn for the role of a handsome young nobleman as well as for an aristocratic warrior of the Taira clan, who dies on the battlefield.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
1983.109i
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 202 mm x 75 mm x 150 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
wood; textile; paint
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
World Gallery > Perspectives > Museums perspective - back wall
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