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Lion / 사자 Saja

Back reinforced on the inside with two wooden sticks. The mask is painted dark red with modern paint. The eyebrows, bulging eyes and throat area are traced with thick yellow strokes. There is a hint of bared teeth. The mane attached to the upper edge of the mask is made of twisted, light-coloured cotton threads. It is modelled on the Pukchǒng mask (북청 탈) of the Hamkyǒng province (함경도).

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Object type
Dance mask (theatre)
Dimensions
Depth: 42 cm
Width: 48,5 cm
Material/Technique
Cotton, Papier-mâché
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
I D 40273

Provenance and sources

when
around 1970
where
Korea
Seoul (서울)
Hamkyǒng (함경도)

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