Tengu (Comic Demon)
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Tengu (Comic Demon) |
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Japan |
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Mask Makers: |
I Ketut Kendra, under the supervision of the Japanese master carver, Yamamoto |
Material Used: |
Japanese Cypress Wood,Paint |
Length: |
26 cm |
Breadth: |
18 cm |
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| Description: |
A comic demon, used in festivals and in kagura performances. The long phallic nose is characteristic of this mask. In some festivals he is mockingly installed as the Lord of the Year - Carnivalesque figure for misrule. |
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