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Gigaku Mask
Artist: Japanese
Location: British Museum
Date: 725 - 794
Materials: softwood (camphor?)
Grant:
Amount Paid: £500 (Total: £1,608)
Vendor: Howard Hollis
Review number: 1735 (1954)
Description:
A mask from the Tempyo period (AD 710-794), carved from solid block of softwood, prob. camphor, and once covered with gesso, paint and natural hair. Huge domed forehead, powerful realistic features. Was for use in a religious performance known as 'gigaku', about which little is known.
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