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Warrior mask
Warrior mask

Warrior mask

Date19th century
Object number54.154
Exhibition HistoryBellingham, Washington, The Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Masks: Facing The World, July 30 - Nov. 8, 1987. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Documents International: Eleven Heads Are Better than One: Sixth Graders Connect with SAM, Apr. 1, 1999 - Apr. 2, 2000. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Gentleman Warrior: Art of the Samurai, Mar. 16 - Dec. 1, 2019.Published ReferencesFuller, Richard E. "Japanese Art in the Seattle Art Museum: An Historical Sketch." Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1960 ("Presented in commemoration of the Hundredth Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations between Japan and the United States of America"), no. 179
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions9 1/2 x 8 x 4 5/8 in. (24.13 x 20.32 x 11.75 cm)
MediumIron and lacquer
Photo: Paul Macapia
Japanese
early 13th century
Object number: 68.110
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Japanese
18th-19th century
Object number: 45.105
Mask with pelele
ca. 1900 - 10
Object number: 2001.1079
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Japanese
18th century
Object number: 69.109
Noh-mask:  Okina (Old Man)
Japanese
18th century
Object number: 69.110
Gyodo mask of a bodhisattva
Japanese
1158
Object number: 51.131
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Japanese
18th–19th century
Object number: 45.104
Japanese
10th century
Object number: 51.211