Mask of an Elder
1800s
Maker Unknown
Korean Art
Mask of an Elder, 1800s. Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392-1910). Wood with horsehair; mask: 20.3 x 6.1 cm (8 x 2 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 1989.103 This wooden mask may have been worn by a dancer who performed an elderly figure for outdoor theatrical dance.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Wood
- Formatted Medium
- wood with horsehair
- Dimensions
- Mask: 20.3 x 6.1 cm (8 x 2 3/8 in.)
- Departments
- Korean Art
- Accession Number
- 1989.103
- Credit Line
- The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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