Wrinkle Motif Menpo Face Mask and Chainmail Neck Guard

Japan

Edo period (1615-1868), About 1650

  • Titles Wrinkle Motif Menpo Face Mask and Chainmail Neck Guard (Descriptive)@Mask (Menpo) and Neck Guard with Wrinkle Motif (Former title)
  • Artist Japan
  • Medium iron, chain mail and cotton
  • Dimensions 8 1/4 x 8 x 4 3/4 in. (21 x 20.3 x 12.1 cm)
  • Credit Line Museum purchase in memory of William M. Spencer III (1920-2010), 2016.8
  • Work Type mask
  • Classification Costume
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