Archival Note Card | Chinese Opera Masks - #9

Cream face with black circles around the eyes and a red mouth, flanked by tall black blades.

This is an archival note card from the chinese opera masks series, no. 9, titled "crosshairs". It is paper. Chinese opera uses painted face patterns, known as lianpu, in which color and design generally signal a character's temperament, role or moral standing. Portrait card on a gold ground. Rounded dark patches circle the eyes and cross at the brow, a small red downturned mouth sits below, and a green-gold collar sits at the bottom. A topknot crowns the head. It is 4.25 inches long and 5.5 high.

Round eyes and a very small frown.