Object Number: Ea12748

Collection: World Cultures

Object Name: mask

Local Name: malanggan

Description: Wooden carved mask, with long face and ears. Flat back, with cane framework coverd in rough bark cloth forming the cap to make the mask wearable. Wood painted in yellow, white, terracotta and black pigments, with shell opercula in eyes. Mouth carved with teeth showing and tongue protruding. Bark or leaf fibre hair covers the cap at back and comes over the front of the mask. White feathers stuck around the ears with some sort of glue. Back of ears unpainted.