Archival Note Card | Chinese Opera Masks - #5

Half-red, half-white face with a black mask line, topped with a pointed cap.

This is an archival note card from the chinese opera masks series, no. 5, titled "crevasse". 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. Long card in a gold border. The mask splits into red and white sections cut by a diagonal edge, with a white curved brow and dark eyes. A dark blue beard fills the bottom, and a blue ball sits at the side. It is 4.25 inches long and 5.5 high.

A sharp diagonal and a sharper stare.