Miniature mask
Category
Papier-mâché
Date
Unknown
Materials
Hair, Paint, Papier-mâché, Textile, Wood
Measurements
83 mm (Length)90 mm (W)
Place of origin
Japan
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1335660.16
Summary
One of sixteen Japanese papier mache miniature masks, all realistic male faces in various tones of ochre colour with real hair, eyebrows, moustaches and sidelocks. Most have glass eyes. This mask is larger than the others. Dark ochre toned skin. Painted black hair and eyebrows and real hair black beard. Painted eyes of black, gold, red and red painted lips. Red textile tassles on ears.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.