Karasu-Tengu

Date1810

Place madeJAPAN, East Asia, ASIA

MediumWood, pigment, hair

Dimensions3 15/16 x 4 5/16 in. (10 x 11 cm)

ClassificationsCeremonial use

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Linda and Stanley Marcus, A.1960.28.6

Object numberA.1960.28.6

DescriptionModified beak, and black hair inserted over eyebrows and around upper edges hairline. There is also vestigial hair inserts around beak. Two eye-holes, no mouth or nose opening. Appears to have been painted with lacquer over gesso. Colors, greenish-white face, red mouth-line, black eyes, black hairline.

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