MASK OF ASIA 280x150mm ONE PAIR Topeng Wall Art Decoration Face Statue Painting

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MS 0120

A pair of beautiful Iban Elders mask / Topeng. Wood. Circa 1980, middle age & in mint condition.

Height: 28x15 & 26x15 cm / 11x5.9 & 10.2x5.9 inches
Thickness: 5 cm / 2 inches each

Weight: 0.6 kg / 1.3 lb
After packing: 1.5 kg / 3.3 lb

Masks in this region in Borneo are mainly used for harvest festival, fertility rites, soul catching and death ceremonies and spiritual dances.

Soul catching mask are always unearthly, harvest festival mask being colorful, demon dance mask look sinister and demonic, their trademark features bearing facial expressions such as protruding eyes-jagged teeth-demonic fangs-tongue jutting out-wrinkled forehead..etc

COLORS are which provides the masks its identities, white as base color and black to emphasize the features, red is always used to denote a demonic character.

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Item Details

Reference #:
MS0120
Quantity
1
Category
Folk Art
SubCategory
Sculptures
Department
Collectibles
Year
1980
Dimensions
(Width x Height X Depth)
x x
Weight
Unknown
Condition
Middle age & in mint condition
Material