mask
Painted wooden mask, black background. Long ears with earrings and blue stripes. Gold design on chin and cheek.
- Object: mask
- Artist: -
- Circa: -
- Dimensions: 7.25" X 5.5"
- Culture Area: Asia
- Cultural Group: China
- Cultural Context: In China “Laughing Buddha” is known as the Loving or Friendly One. He is based on an eccentric Chinese Ch’an (Zen) monk who lived over 1,000 years ago and has become a significant part of Buddhist and Shinto culture. He has become a deity of contentment and abundance, and is the patron of the weak, poor, and children.
- Donor: Elizabeth Richardson (mother), Maury & Resa Dance
- Catalog #: 115.163