Shoulder Piece for a Gigaku Costume in the Form of a Dragon Head
1200–1333
- Medium
- lacquered wood with color and gold
- Dimensions
- Overall: 17.5 cm (6 7/8 in.)
- Genre
- Sculpture
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
Japan, Kamakura period (1185–1333)
About
This dragon head is made of three pieces of carved lacquered wood with movable jaws fastened with twine.