Masks in their Global Context, with a focus on Indonesia CERIS International Studies Summer Institute, 1 July 2014 Clown mask, Java. Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Gift of Benedict O’Gorman Anderson Laurie Margot Ross, SEAP
“Woman in Joke Shop” Photograph: Richard Kalvar (American, b.1944) Collection: Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art Acquired through the Membership Purchase Fund
Old Javanese Burial Mask (500 BCE – 200 CE) Hunter Thompson Collection, Yale University Art Gallery
Klana mask with Green Stones Carved by Waryo, Cirebon, West Java, 2006.
Death Ceremonial Masks and Hands Batak, Sumatra
Southeast Asia
Vallegrande, Andean Highlands, Bolivia. Rock stencils, c C.E.
New Guinea Shield with white faces (probably Sepik River) Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art Acquired through the Membership Purchase Fund
Kala face at a Hindu Temple at Prambanan, Central Java Detail of the archwayLoro Jonggrang
Burqa with footed trousers, Afghanistan, c.1850 Collection: Victoria and Albert Museum No. IS
Australian journalist goes undercover in a burqa
Paper Bag Mask Improvisation
Hopi Rain Dance Shonghopavi village, Arizona (c. late 19 th century)
Hopi Ceremonial Mask Leather, horsehair, and pigments Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art Bequest of B. H. Friedman
Hopi and San Carlos Apache Masks and Sacred Objects Paris auction, 2013
Sikkim Animal Mask Dancers Scene from thiam ceremony, Himalayas.
One Female Noh (Japanese) Mask at different angles
Julie Taymor, Teatr Loh (Bali), c.1979
Julie Taymor rehearsing actor in The Lion King
James Ensor (Belgian, ) Carnival Masks Estate of James Ensor. Gemeente Museum, The Hague
James Ensor Self-portrait with masks (Detail, 1889)
Srikandi mask (outer face). Cirebon, West Java, Indonesia Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art Gift of Benedict O’Gorman Anderson
Srikandi mask (inner face). Cirebon, West Java, Indonesia Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art Gift of Benedict O’Gorman Anderson
Sita mask (Ramayana). Bali, Indonesia
Rangda (Bali)
Barong (Bali)
Balinese Dance Theatre Topeng Pajegan (Djauk)
Kutiyyatam: Sanskrit Drama of Kerala (South India) The flexible mask.
Igbo Maiden Spirit (Mmuo) Maskers Akwa, Nigeria, 1935
Ibo (Igbo), Nigeria female spirit mask Maiden mask (Agbogho mmuo) Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art Gift of Dorothy Brill Robbins, Class of 1933
Full body masks. Minangkabau (West Sumatra, Indonesia) Photos: Paul Mason Maskers taking a breakMasker in sunglasses
Javanese Masks World’s Columbian Exposition. Coll: Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.
Tembem (clown mask) 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition Outer FaceInner face with label
Drupadi mask 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition Outer FaceAmulet, Inner face
Cirebonese Mask Dance Cirebon, West Java, Indonesia Rumyang and Clown Photo: Sonny Sumarsono, 1983
Ida Bagus Anom, Mask Carver (Mas Village, Bali) Photograph: Leonard Pitt, 1978
Sorapong Pongsuk, maskmaker, Thailand Masks for Ayutthaya performances
Khon (Thai) Ramakien (Ramayana) Masks. Papier mâché
Kandeg and his Masks (1977) Photo: Ron Bogley