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1938.30.0410 :: mask (ansiktsmask)

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Dansmask (bal.: tapel) till topeng-dans (javanesisk-balinesiska krönikespel, där dansarna bär masker). Masken är en helmask med smala springor i ögonen, i näsborrarna och en öppning i munnen. Masken föreställer ett mansansikte med mustasch, öppen mun och neddragna mungipor. Masken är obemålad. Det finns två små hål i sidorna för ett band att knyta runt huvudet. Enligt generalkatalogen är masken av bintawas-trä.

Masken föreställer en gammal, tandlös man med fårat ansikte. Mannen är blind eller har hopknipna ögon. Masken är möjligen en bondres-(clown) mask som föreställer pasek bendera; den vise, humoristiske och varmhjärtade gamle bychefen.

"Topeng is the historical mask play and deals with the old kings, princes and ministers of Majapahit and Gèlgèl. It is above all a ritual dance drama, ancestral worship that takes place in its purest form when performed silently by a single dancer dancing one type of character after the other (topeng pajegan). A complete set of masks (tapel) includes one or more kings, that is, refined smiling masks in white or yellow, a few 'strong' princes and ministers with darker skin colouring and round eyes, some wise, old ancestors and advisers (tua) and, as masks with individual features, the half-masks of the penasar as well as a profusion of eccentric common people, who, as opposed to the kings, ministers and old men, have speaking roles. Before the play, the masks are animated with special mantras." (Ramseyer, Urs. 1977. s.217)

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1938.30.0410 :: mask (ansiktsmask)

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