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. 193 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 hair, paint. 7.8 x 6.7 x 3.1 in. A slightly bemused or curious expression has been applied to this mask. His eyes are slightly crossed. The mask has suffered some cracking to the surface around the bridge of the nose and chin, which has been repaired and painted over. It is similar in construction to the first example [E204160].
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: E204163-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask