DepartmentAsia

Ushioni (Cow Demon) Figure

NameSculpture

CultureJapanese

Datec. 1960

Place madeUwajima, Ehime Prefecture, JAPAN, East Asia, ASIA

MediumWood, paint

Dimensions5 1/8 × 1 1/4 × 1 in. (13 × 3.2 × 2.6 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1981.4.161

Object numberA.1981.4.161

Collections

Asia

DescriptionSawn, carved, drilled, varnished, painted, glued. Two striped horns on top of head. Green ears at side of head. Tan eyes. Green head with red open mouth. Long black neck, incised surface, widens to meet unpainted rectangular block with two stamps.