Mask "klana bapang" ·  Indonesia - Java · ID: 3036941

Description

wooden core, covered with gypsum, red grounding, painted in black, white and gold, pierced eyes with spherical bulging pupils, overlong separate worked nose, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion;
“Kalana” means “giant” or “hero”, “bapang” means “guidepost”.
The javanese theater as a whole goes back to the buffalo-skin figures of “wayang purwa”, especially on the round figures of “wayang golek”.

The object Mask “klana bapang” with the object ID 3036941 was last part of the auction 77th tribal art auction at June 28, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 13.

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Comparing literature

Lucas, Heinz, Java-Masken, Der Tanz auf einem Bein, Kassel 1973, p. 138 f.