Masks in their
Global Context,
with a focus on
Indonesia
CERIS International
Studies Summer Institute,
1 July 2014
Clown mask, Java.
Herbert F. Johnson
Museum of Art, Gift of
Benedict O’Gorman
Anderson
Laurie Margot Ross, SEAP
lmr255@cornell.edu
“Woman in Joke Shop”
Photograph:
Richard Kalvar
(American, b.1944)
Collection: Herbert F.
Johnson Museum of Art
Acquired through the
Membership Purchase
Fund
Old Javanese
Burial Mask
(500 BCE – 200 CE)
Hunter Thompson
Collection,
Yale University Art
Gallery
Klana mask with
Green Stones
Carved by Waryo,
Cirebon, West Java,
2006.
Death Ceremonial Masks and Hands
Batak, Sumatra
Southeast Asia
Vallegrande, Andean Highlands, Bolivia.
Rock stencils, c. 1000 C.E.
New Guinea Shield
with white faces
(probably Sepik River)
Herbert F. Johnson
Museum of Art
Acquired through
the Membership
Purchase Fund
Kala face at a Hindu Temple at Prambanan,
Central Java
Loro Jonggrang
Detail of the archway
Burqa with footed
trousers, Afghanistan,
c.1850
Collection: Victoria
and Albert Museum
No. IS.23-1889
Australian journalist goes undercover
in a burqa
Paper Bag Mask Improvisation
Hopi Rain Dance
Shonghopavi
village, Arizona
(c. late 19th
century)
Hopi Ceremonial
Mask
Leather, horsehair, and
pigments
Herbert F. Johnson
Museum of Art
Bequest of
B. H. Friedman
Hopi and San Carlos Apache Masks
and Sacred Objects
Paris auction, 2013
Sikkim Animal Mask Dancers
Scene from thiam ceremony,
Himalayas.
One Female Noh (Japanese) Mask
at different angles
Julie Taymor,
Teatr Loh (Bali),
c.1979
Julie Taymor rehearsing actor in
The Lion King
James Ensor
(Belgian, 18601940)
Carnival Masks
Estate of James Ensor.
Gemeente Museum,
The Hague
James Ensor
Self-portrait with masks (Detail, 1889)
Srikandi mask
(outer face).
Cirebon, West Java,
Indonesia
Herbert F. Johnson
Museum of Art
Gift of
Benedict O’Gorman
Anderson
Srikandi mask
(inner face).
Cirebon, West
Java, Indonesia
Herbert F. Johnson
Museum of Art
Gift of
Benedict O’Gorman
Anderson
Sita mask (Ramayana). Bali, Indonesia
Rangda
(Bali)
Barong
(Bali)
Balinese Dance
Theatre
Topeng Pajegan
(Djauk)
Kutiyyatam:
Sanskrit Drama
of Kerala
(South India)
The flexible mask.
Igbo Maiden
Spirit (Mmuo)
Maskers
Akwa, Nigeria,
1935
Ibo (Igbo), Nigeria
female spirit mask
Maiden mask
(Agbogho mmuo)
Herbert F. Johnson
Museum of Art
Gift of Dorothy Brill
Robbins,
Class of 1933
Full body masks.
Minangkabau (West Sumatra, Indonesia)
Photos: Paul Mason
Maskers taking a break
Masker in sunglasses
Javanese Masks. 1893 World’s Columbian
Exposition.
Coll: Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.
Tembem (clown mask)
1893 World’s Columbian Exposition
Outer Face
Inner face with label
Drupadi mask
1893 World’s Columbian Exposition
Outer Face
Amulet, Inner face
Cirebonese
Mask Dance
Cirebon, West
Java, Indonesia
Rumyang and
Clown
Photo: Sonny
Sumarsono, 1983
Ida Bagus Anom,
Mask Carver
(Mas Village, Bali)
Photograph:
Leonard Pitt, 1978
Sorapong
Pongsuk,
maskmaker,
Thailand
Masks for Ayutthaya
performances
Khon (Thai) Ramakien (Ramayana)
Masks. Papier mâché
Kandeg and his Masks (1977)
Photo: Ron Bogley