Mask "klana bapang"
Indonésie - Java
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Taille
H: 21 cm
H: 8.3 inch
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”.