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A LACQUERED IRON MEMPO
18TH/19TH CENTURY
Of standard form, the mask is set with cord hooks on either cheek below the well-delineated scowl lines; the separate nose piece is set with a stubby moustache and the whole mask is lacquered sabiagetakamaki-e to resemble iron; open mouth set with copper teeth; four-lame yodare-kake of false kozane laced four different colors; unsigned
18TH/19TH CENTURY
Of standard form, the mask is set with cord hooks on either cheek below the well-delineated scowl lines; the separate nose piece is set with a stubby moustache and the whole mask is lacquered sabiagetakamaki-e to resemble iron; open mouth set with copper teeth; four-lame yodare-kake of false kozane laced four different colors; unsigned