Description
The kashira is in the shape of a noh mask of the "hannya" type. It is used to depict possessed women. The eyes and teeth are in gold, as they would be on a mask.
Provenance
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Inscriptions
none
Credit
Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters
