Cleveland Museum of Art

Shoulder Piece for a Gigaku Costume in the Form of a Dragon Head

Date: 1200s–early 1300s
Medium: lacquered wood with color and gold
Culture: Japan, Kamakura period (1185–1333)
Department: Japanese Art
Institution: Cleveland Museum of Art

This dragon head is made of three pieces of carved lacquered wood with movable jaws fastened with twine.

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