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DepartmentAsia

Oni (Demon)

NameDemon Figure
CultureJapanese
Datec. 1960
Place madeOtsu, JAPAN, East Asia, ASIA
MediumWood, paint
Dimensions8 1/16 × 1 9/16 × 1 5/8 in. (20.4 × 3.9 × 4.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1981.3.832
Object numberA.1981.3.832
DescriptionPointed and carved. Dark brown with bright orange face and paws. Painted ears. Black linear details on white. Decorations carved indentations at neck and base.
Curing Set (Cuadrilla)
Darío Soteno Léon
1997
Tanuki
c. 1960
Slingshot
Artist Not Recorded
ca. 1980
ANIMAL
CA 1970, STAFF
Tanuki
c. 1960
Mask
1983
Demon
c. 1965
CANDLESTICK
Herón Martínez Mendoza
CA 1960, STAFF
FIGURE
CA 1965, STAFF