Title: Head of a Masked Clay Tomb Sculpture (Haniwa)
Object type: Haniwa head
Date: late 5th–6th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Kofun period (ca. 300–710)
Medium: Earthenware
Dimensions: H. 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm); W. 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm); Diam. 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit line: The Harry G. C. Packard Collection of Asian Art, Gift of Harry G. C. Packard, and Purchase, Fletcher, Rogers, Harris Brisbane Dick, and Louis V. Bell Funds, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, and The Annenberg Fund Inc. Gift, 1975
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Masks, term: Faces