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Most jauk keras (strong, scary) masks of a giant are often red or orange to reinforce a volatile dance with jerky movements. This jauk manis (good, sweet) mask dance is a more controlled, regulated and enacted with more calm and human movements.
Influenced by Islam for centuries, Javanese theater in Indonesia is stylized, didactic and full of central characters said to be cultural and historic icons of morality. Mask drama theater (Topeng Wayang) in Java is dominated by the conservative central Javanese palace courts (kraton) of Surakarta, Solo and Jogjakarta (Yogyakarta) which have long supported mask makers,…
Colorful bearded official/entertainer doll with traditional hat, dark blue and gold robe holding paper clappers castanets. Mounted on lucite.
Dayu mask of Balinese high-caste female Hindu Brahman, beautiful decorative piece on a museum quality metal stand.
Charming Chinese Nuo Opera dancer wearing a costume with 5-petal plum blossoms symbolizing a wish for the Five Happinesses: prosperity, long life, health, a virtuous life and natural death.
Authentic Chinese Nuo regional folk art mask representing a magistrate portrayed as an elite bureaucrat with civic authority. Finely carved with decorative official’s head headpiece. Indications it was used in ritual dances during 20th century.
Vintage animistic Dayak ancestor mask for agricultural festivals, separate wing-like decoratively painted ears, long nose, gnarled teeth, featured in Green Goblin’s collection in 2002 Spiderman movie.
In Dayak tradition, this vintage authentic hudoq mask has a white face paint around the eyes and forehead.and carved outlines with traditional upward curling moustache arabesques. Mounted on a museum quality metal stand.
Chinese opera dancer doll with elaborate headdress and 5-petal plum blossom on sash symbolizing the Five Happinesses: prosperity, long life, health, living a virtuous life and dying a natural death.
Featured in the Green Goblin’s collection in the Spiderman 2002 movie with 2 other VA masks, this old man mask is carved in the mannered decorative style of the Javanese Court. The 3 masks look spectacular together, each mounted on museum quality metal stands.
Vivacious attendant doll offering huge peach in vibrant Chinese dance costume in red, yellow, green-blue with sequins, silver and gold thread and plum blossoms as wish for Five Happinesses. On Lucite stand, part of set of 4 .
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