Mustache and Wrinkled Skin Menpo Face Mask and Neck Guard

Japan

Momoyama period (1573-1615)

  • Titles Mustache and Wrinkled Skin Menpo Face Mask and Neck Guard (Descriptive)@Mask (Menpo) Face and Neck Guard with Mustache and Wrinkled Skin Motif and Grimace Lines (Descriptive)
  • Artist Japan
  • Medium leather, lacquer, and horse or boar hair
  • Dimensions 10 x 7 1/4 x 5 in. (25.4 x 18.4 x 12.7 cm)
  • Credit Line Museum purchase in memory of William M. Spencer III (1920-2010), 2016.11
  • Work Type mask
  • Classification Costume
  • On View

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