Antique/Vintage Comic Bondres Mask with Asymmetrical Features, Indonesia, Bali (1212B)
$350.00H: 7.5″ W: 5.5″ D: 3.875″ | Free SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.
This animated mask of a jokester folk character (topeng bondres) provides comic relief, entertainment, and social commentary in serious theatrical dance dramas. An asymmetrical caricature, its open jaw allows actors to tell jokes and interact with the audience. Collected in Bali in the 1970’s, it has authentic signs of use in performances and was said to be made in Sebatu in the 1920s-1940s.
