Elema. <em>Mask (Eharo)</em>, 19th or early 20th century. Bark cloth, cane, wood, pigment, 30 3/4 x 50 1/4 in. (78.1 x 127.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Anonymous gift, 68.187. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 68.187_view2_SL4.jpg)

Mask (Eharo)

Artist:Elema

Medium: Bark cloth, cane, wood, pigment

Geograhical Locations:

Dates:19th or early 20th century

Dimensions: 30 3/4 x 50 1/4 in. (78.1 x 127.6 cm)

Collections:

Accession Number: 68.187

Image: 68.187_view2_SL4.jpg,

Catalogue Description:
Conical helmet mask of bark cloth (tapa) over a cane frame. Mask represents a bat with large projecting "ears" or wings. Top of mask ends in tapering cone with wood sticks projecting and a flat disc attached. Bird type beak, open with teeth made of wooden spikes. Eyes are 2 concentric circles of cane, padded bulge on forehead. Masks of brown/black tape except for strip of dull red running horizontally from wing tip to wing tip and bordered with cane. Strips of cloth hand from bottom edges of wings.

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