Archival Note Card | Chinese Opera Masks - #8

Ghostly face with thick eyebrows draws together in puzzled lines beneath a wide black hat.

This is an archival note card from the chinese opera masks series, no. 8, titled "confused". 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-style card where the mask has a cream tone, a red nose and dark shaded eyes. A beard of fine grey vertical lines drops below, and a wide dark hat with squared ends sits on the head. It is 4.25 inches long and 5.5 high.

Brows doing most of the thinking.