5627 - Borneo, East Kalimantan, Bahau Dayak, a hudoq mask, late 19th century–early 20th century; featuring a short, arched nose, broad painted patterns, a movable jaw attached by the original plant-fiber threads, and a pair of wooden ear ornaments. Painted with black, yellow, white, and red pigments. Height: 34 cm. Provenance: formerly in the collection of KNIL Colonel Mr. Ensink, who was stationed in the Dutch East Indies between 1905 and 1921. He was given this mask as a gift during his tenure. Part of the collection of objects gathered during those years was partially sold and donated to the Museum Volkenkunde Leiden in 1955.

Borneo, East Kalimantan, Bahau Dayak, a hudoq mask, late 19th century–early 20th century; featuring a short, arched nose, broad painted patterns, a movable jaw attached by the original plant-fiber threads, and a pair of wooden ear ornaments. Painted with black, yellow, white, and red pigments. Height: 34 cm. Provenance: formerly in the collection of KNIL Colonel Mr. Ensink, who was stationed in the Dutch East Indies between 1905 and 1921. He was given this mask as a gift during his tenure. Part of the collection of objects gathered during those years was partially sold and donated to the Museum Volkenkunde Leiden in 1955. For a comparable mask, see Yale Museum, ILE2012.30.192, formerly from the collection of André Breton; this mask features a similar nose and painted patterns. [1]