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Mask of a shishi
British Museum
London, United Kingdom
The shishi (leonine creature) mask was used in the theatre and in street festivals, sometimes carried by a single person and sometimes by a team wearing a textile body. Led by masked boys, the shishi went before bodhisattvas in religious street processions.The mask is made of painted and gilt wood with horse-hair.
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Details
- Title: Mask of a shishi
- Physical Dimensions: Width: 60.40cm; Height: 34.30cm; Depth: 38.70cm; Weight: 1.90kg
- External Link: British Museum collection online
- Technique: lacquered
- Subject: lion dog
- Registration number: OA+.7197
- Production place: Made in Japan
- Material: wood; horse hair; lacquer
- Copyright: Photo: © Trustees of the British Museum
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