Mask "klana bapang"

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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”.

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Comparing literature

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

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