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Brander Matthews Dramatic Museum realia, 1700-1966

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Series II: Masks

This collection now contains 128 masks, mask molds, wigs, and plaster mask reproductions. The oldest mask in the collection is an 18th century Javanese dance mask. A gift from Prof. and Mrs. Samuel Eilenberg in 1963, the mask is also the most recent acquisition. The newest masks in the collection were made in 1955 for an American production of Lysistrata. The collection includes items from Japan, Italy, Java, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Papua New Guinea, Mexico, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, India, and the United States. It is particularly abundant in Japanese, Mexican, and American masks.

Subseries II.1: Africa

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M18 Accession


Box 62 African mask


Box 118 Chokwe mask of Mwana Po (beautiful girl)

M22 Accession


Box 124 African mask

M23 Accession


Box 125 African mask

Subseries II.2: Congo

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M10 Accession


Box 66 Mashamboy ceremonial mask (mwash a mbooy)

Subseries II.3: Gabon

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M21 Accession


Box 120 Kota ceremonial mask from Ogowe River

M90 Accession


Box 63 Modern cast of Bakota funerary mask


Box 183 Modern cast of Mponge or Balumbo ceremonial mask


Box 181 Modern cast of Mponge or Balumbo ceremonial mask

Subseries II.3: Guatemala

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M20 Accession


Box 122 Carnival mask, 1800-1899

Subseries II.4: Indonesia

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M3 Accession


Box 103 Javanese dance mask (male)


Box 100 Javanese dance mask (male)


Box 101 Javanese dance mask (male)


Box 104 Javanese dance mask (male)


Box 102 Javanese dance mask (male)

M26 Accession


Box 165 Javanese dance mask (male), 1750-1799

Subseries II.5: Italy

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M2 Accession


Box 98 Female mask (possibly a saint), circa 1800


Box 99 Male mask (possibly a saint), circa 1800

Subseries II.6: Ivory Coast

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M18 Accession


Box 117 Dan mask of forest demon

M21 Accession


Box 123 Ceremonial mask

M90 Accession


Box 169 Modern cast of Guro ceremonial mask


Box 167 Modern cast of Guro ceremonial mask (Ram)


Box 170 Modern cast of Guro ceremonial mask


Box 166 Modern cast of Baule ceremonial mask (Hyena)


Box 175 Modern cast of Guro ceremonial mask


Box 176 Modern cast of Dan ceremonial mask of Poro Secret Society


Box 177 Modern cast of Baule ceremonial mask (possibly a god)


Box 179 Modern cast of Guro ceremonial mask

Box 179 Modern cast of Baule ceremonial mask (Kakagye or Kuamnanbo)


Box 180 Modern cast of Baule ceremonial Mask (possibly Nyamye)

Subseries II.7: Japan

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M1 Accession


Box 67 Noh mask


Box 68 Noh mask of adult male (possibly a warrior)


Box 69 Noh mask of adult male (possibly a warrior)


Box 70 Noh mask of adult male (possibly a warrior or demon)


Box 71 Noh mask of adult male (possibly a warrior or bandit)


Box 72 Noh mask of young male


Box 73 Noh mask of a demon


Box 74 Noh mask of a demon


Box 75 Noh mask of mad male (possibly Kantan Otoko)


Box 76 Noh mask


Box 77 Noh mask of old male (Maijo)


Box 78 Noh mask of old male (possibly Kojijo)


Box 79 Noh mask of old male (Okina)


Box 80 Noh mask of old male (possibly Okina)


Box 81 Noh mask of old male (Kojijo type)


Box 82 Noh mask of adult male (Otobide)


Box 83 Noh mask of a demon (Kumasaka)


Box 84 Noh mask of a demon


Box 85 Noh mask of a demon (possibly Shishiguchi)


Box 86 Noh mask of god


Box 65 Kyogen mask of adult female (Oto)


Box 87 Kyogen mask of adult female (Oto)


Box 88 Kyogen mask of adult female (possibly Oto)


Box 65 Kyogen mask of adult male


Box 89 Kyogen mask of old male (possibly Noborihige)


Box 90 Kyogen mask of adult male (possibly Enmei-Kwaia)


Box 91 Kyogen mask of young female


Box 92 Kyogen mask of a demon (Buaku)


Box 93 Bugaku mask of a demon


Box 94 God or Demon mask


Box 95 Young female mask


Box 96 Demon mask


Box 97 Demon mask

M7 Accession


Box 105 Noh mask of adult male (Hakuryo, the fisherman in "Hagoromo")

M11 Accession


Box 112 Gigaku mask of sacred bird (Karura)

Subseries II.9: Liberia

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M90 Accession


Box 178 Modern cast of ceremonial mask of Poro Secret Society

Subseries II.10: Mexico

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M12 Accession


Box 114 Carnival mask, modern


Box 113 Carnival mask, modern

Box 113 Carnival mask, modern

M13 Accession


Box 119 Carnival mask (miniature or for a child), modern

M14 Accession


Box 64 Carnival mask, modern

Box 64 Carnival mask, modern

M20 Accession


Box 121 Carnival mask

M24 Accession


Box 126 Carnival mask mold, 1800-1899


Box 127 Carnival mask mold, 1800-1899


Box 128 Carnival mask mold, 1800-1899


Box 129 Carnival mask mold, 1800-1899


Box 130 Carnival mask mold, 1800-1899


Box 131 Carnival mask mold, 1800-1899


Box 132 Carnival mask mold, 1800-1899


Box 133 Carnival mask mold, 1800-1899


Box 134 Carnival mask mold, 1800-1899


Box 135 Carnival mask mold, 1800-1899


Box 136 Carnival mask mold, 1800-1899


Box 138 Carnival mask mold, 1800-1899


Box 137 Carnival mask mold, 1800-1899


Box 139 Carnival mask mold, 1800-1899


Box 140 Carnival mask mold, 1800-1899


Box 141 Carnival mask mold, 1800-1899


Box 142 Carnival mask mold, 1800-1899


Box 143 Carnival mask mold, 1800-1899


Box 144 Carnival mask mold, 1800-1899


Box 146 Carnival mask mold, 1800-1899


Box 145 Carnival mask mold, 1800-1899


Box 147 Carnival mask mold, 1800-1899


Box 148 Carnival mask mold, 1800-1899


Box 149 Carnival mask mold, 1800-1899


Box 150 Carnival mask mold, 1800-1899


Box 151 Carnival mask mold, 1800-1899


Box 152 Carnival mask mold, 1800-1899


Box 154 Carnival mask mold, 1800-1899


Box 153 Carnival mask mold, 1800-1899


Box 155 Carnival mask mold, 1800-1899


Box 156 Carnival mask mold, 1800-1899


Box 157 Carnival mask mold, 1800-1899


Box 158 Carnival mask mold, 1800-1899


Box 160 Carnival mask mold, 1800-1899


Box 159 Carnival mask mold, 1800-1899


Box 161 Carnival mask mold, 1800-1899


Box 162 Carnival mask mold, 1800-1899


Box 163 Carnival mask mold, 1800-1899


Box 164 Carnival mask mold, 1800-1899

M90 Accession


Box 173 Modern cast of ceremonial mask from Teotihuacan, ca. 700 CE

Box 173 Modern cast of ceremonial mask from Teotihuacan, ca. 700 CE

Subseries II.11: New Guinea (Sepik River)

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M90 Accession


Box 168 Modern cast of Ceremonial mask

Subseries II.12: Nigeria

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M90 Accession


Box 182 Modern cast of Benin pendant mask

Subseries II.13: North America

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M15 Accession


Box 115 Northwest American Indian ceremonial mask

M16 Accession


Box 116 Northwest American Indian ceremonial mask

M90 Accession


Box 171 Modern cast of Inuit ceremonial mask


Box 174 Modern cast of dance mask from the Northwest

Box 174 Modern cast of Inuit ceremonial mask

Subseries II.14: Sri Lanka

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M4 Accession


Box 184 Shaman's mask

Subseries II.15: Thailand

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M5 Accession


Box 107 Theatrical mask


Box 108 Theatrical mask


Box 109 Theatrical mask


Box 110 Theatrical mask


Box 111 Theatrical mask

Subseries II.16: United States

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M90 Accession


Box 172 Modern cast of North American Indian ceremonial dance mask from Florida

Subseries II.17: Zaire

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M8 Accession


Box 106 Ceremonial mask, helmet mask