Product Description

Barong Keket Mask

Material: Wood, paint
Style: Bali
Order Number: E28

Background: The eternal battle between good and evil, light and darkness, heaven and the underworld, is depicted in Bali as a fight between two mythical being, the basically good Barong and the basically wicked, bloodthirsty witch Rangda.

The Barong usually taken the form of a keket, which corresponds to no known animal, but sometimes as a tiger, buffalo or boar.

This Barong mask is a Barong Keket. It has a loose lower jaw that can be manipulated by the dancer.