Theatrical Mask
date: label: Accession Date
content: 5 Jul 1899
label: Collection Date
content: 1898
name: label: Collector
content: Prof Alexander G. Bell
label: Donor Name
content: Prof Alexander G. Bell
notes: label: Notes
content: Illus. and described p. 195 in Robert Pontsioen, "The Alexander Graham Bell Collection of Japanese Masks at the Smithsonian," Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide 17, no. 2 (Autumn 2018), https://doi.org/10.29411/ncaw.2018.17.2.8 (accessed ‎November‎ ‎6‎, ‎2018). Identified there: Artist unknown, Mask, Japan, ca. 1898. Wood, gofun, glass, paper, animal and human hair, unknown metal, fiber twine, paint. 12.4 x 10.8 x 5.1 in (excluding beard hair). This example is significantly larger than the others are, though whether it is simply in larger scale or is meant to represent an actual giant is unknown. A small crown made of an unidentified metal is attached to the back of the mask with pins, and the moustache and beard hair (which appears to be horsehair) has been inserted as with E204162. The hair on the head appears to be human hair. This mask is significantly thinner than the others are, and large sections of the paint have come away from the surface on the reverse side.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Japan, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Japanese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 035254
label: USNM Number
content: E204166-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask