Mask

Description

Skull mask of painted resin and textile, in form of skull surmounted by five smaller skulls and metal dorje (thunderbolt) crest, with striped cotton concertinaed side pieces, part of a Cham Dance skeleton costume worn by Tibetan Buddhist monks: Tibet, 19th - early 20th century AD

Museum reference

A.1919.622.21 A

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Mask

Production information

Tibet Autonomous Region, China, East Asia

Date

19th - early 20th century

Style / Culture

Tibetan

Materials

Resin, Textile, Metal, Cotton

Physical description

Coloured papier-mache; thunderbolt-head of sheet tin

Associations

Darjeeling, West Bengal, India, South Asia

Exhibitions

• Performance and Lives (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

national museum of scotland »
level 3 »
world cultures, performance and lives