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This mask, carved from a single piece of light and dark brown wood, was not designed to wear but is a decorative wall ornament. It is in the form of a demonic head with a tall and elaborate head-dress. The face has bulging eyes, a flat pig snout, fangs, tusks and facial hair, and a protruding tongue and teeth. The headdress is a three-tiered crown. The bottom tier is a crown of floral and leaf designs, while the upper tiers are a cylinder with two holes pierced above and two below a circular band with a flower at the front. The crown has a wing on each side which rises to the full height of the headdress.

Oriental Museum Collection, Durham University

Durham

Title

Demonic Mask

Date

1900–1950

Medium

wood

Measurements

H 76.5 x W 26 x D 14 cm

Accession number

DUROM.1999.79

Work type

Sculpture

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Oriental Museum Collection, Durham University

Elvet Hill, Durham, County Durham DH1 3TH England

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