Carved wooden Noh mask of "Kurohige". Deeply carved face with painted black moustache, beard and eyebrows. The skin is painted gold with dark grey and gold teeth. It has protruding gold eyes and red lips and tongue. Its lower jaw is jutting outwards and its nostrils are flared. There is a dark purple cord on the back of the mask attached through a small hole at each side. There are holes carved in the eyes, mouth, and nostrils. The back of the mask is dark brown wood stamped with the maker’s mark. Part b is a fabric bag for part a, decorated in orange, gold, green and blue. The inside of the bag is a dark yellow fabric, written on with black ink Japanese characters. The bag closes with yellow cloth ties.

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• Type of Item mask
• Culture Japanese
• Material wood, paint, silk fibre
• Measurements height 3.5 cm, width 25.0 cm, depth 30.0 cm (part a) height 28.0 cm, width 13.5 cm, depth 20.0 cm (part b)

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• Previous Owner U.B.C. Centre for Japanese Research
• Received from U.B.C. Centre for Japanese Research

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• Made in Japan

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• Ownership Date before October 1, 2015
• Acquisition Date on October 1, 2015

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• Condition good
• Accession Number 3139/0019 a-b