Mask, Klono (?)

Published/Created:

Indonesia, East Kalimantan: Kutei
ca. 1850-1900

Physical Description:

19.3 x 17.6 x 12.5 cm
wood, pigments, gold leaf, fish glue medium, diamonds, hair

Notes:

Although the mask has a crown and is white, both features that could indicate nobility, the protruding eyes are signs of coarseness and imply an ignoble character.-- Jessup, Court Arts of Indonesia, p. 260
Museum Nasional, E1303

Variant Titles:

Topeng

Topics:

Costume -- Southeast Asia -- Indonesia -- (YVRC)
Performing Arts -- Southeast Asia -- Indonesia -- Wayang Topeng -- (YVRC)

Accession Number:

2887-012

Genre:

costume (mode of fashion): masks (AAT)

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Clothing & Accessories

Rights:

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Access Restrictions:

Yale Community Only

Source Note:

Jessup, Court Arts of Indonesia, 1990

Yale Collection:

Visual Resources Collection, Asian Collection

Digital Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Original Repository:

Jakarta, Indonesia: Museum Nasional

Local Record Number:

Portfolio Item ID: 205980

OID:

476869

PID:

digcoll:2054042