Mask
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1876
name: label: Donor Name
content: Philadelphia Centennial International Exhibition, Royal Siamese Commission
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "WORN DURING THE PERFORMANCE OF A PLAY."
label: Notes
content: Illustrated and described in McQuail, Lisa. 1997. "Treasures of Two Nations: Thai Royal Gifts to the United States of America" Smithsonian Institution. p. 133
label: Notes
content: Mask of Green 10 headed demon Thotsakan Na Thotsakan Longka Army.
label: Notes
content: Illustrated Fig. 114, p. 224 in Asian Art Museum, Forrest McGill, and Pika Ghosh. 2016. The Rama epic: hero, heroine, ally, foe. Identified there as theatrical mask of Ravana; papier-mache, paint, mirrors, and glass. It is also discussed on p. 219, where it is noted that it follows a strong mainland Southeast Asian tradition of showing Ravana's multiple heads stacked in tiers. The main face with popping eyes, bulbous nose, and grimacing mouth, is grotesque, but the refinement of the Thai court is shown in the jeweled ornaments. Ravana's face is not red but - following mainland custom - green.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 16 Aug 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Thailand, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 005318
label: USNM Number
content: E54232-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 57 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 28 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 23 cm