DepartmentAsia

Hanuman Khon mask

NameDance Mask

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Datec. 1960

Place madeThailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

MediumPapier-mâché, paint, glass

Dimensions9 1/16 × 11 × 10 13/16 in. (23 × 28 × 27.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1981.28.761

Object numberA.1981.28.761

Collections

Asia

Description"Hanuman" molded papier-mâché with white face decorated with pink, dark red and gold striping; open jaws, pink gums and lips. Rim of mouth, eyes and eyebrows green with black hatch lines. Jeweled gold headdress has wings in front of ears. // Labels on inner surface say: "ha-noo-mahn, for man".