Animal Face "Shishigashira"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 2 Apr 1965
name: label: Collector
content: Mr. Yoshio Noma
label: Donor Name
content: Mr. Yoshio Noma
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Grotesque carved wood animal face - cow, dog, buffalo, or dragon - jointed so that the mouth can open. Lower jaw is made to rest flat and is like a base. 2 large ears made separately to be fitted into top of head. Back open." Formerly on exhibit in NHB Exhibit Hall 7, case 62. Text of exhibit label identified as "Lion Mask. According to tradition, lions protect gods and temples. Thus, lion masks probably were believed to scare evil demons away from sacred objects. They are popular with both children and adults; at New Year's, boys wearing such masks go from house to house, offering to drive out evil in return for small sums of money."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Japan, 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: 230671
label: USNM Number
content: E402442-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask