Display: masks

Description
One rectangular yellow-brown wooden box. Lid presents six Chinese characters in pale green pigment. Box interior lined in dark green satin. Contains ten miniature heads each elaborately painted with examples of theatrical makeup. Beneath each head is a small rectangular plaque with a double row of five or six Chinese characters in white pigment on a black ground.
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Provenance details
These model masks were given to Canterbury Museum by the Peking Opera Company, which visited New Zealand in 1956 and was hosted in Christchurch by Canterbury Museum.
Measurements
Dimensions (LxWxH): 1: 320 x 605 x 125mm
Dimensions L x W: Rest of Object: 94.24 x 77.93mm
Other Id
C1956.184
109/56
131
Catalogue number
C1956.184
Accession number
1956.109.18

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