DepartmentAsia

Karasu-Tengu

NameMask

CultureJapanese

Date1810

Place madeJAPAN, East Asia, ASIA

MediumWood, pigment, hair

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

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

Object numberA.1960.28.6

Collections

Asia

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.