Shishigashira (head for lion dance), 1645

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Shishigashira (head for lion dance), 1645

Japanese artist. Wood, pigment, horsehair. Shirayama Gongen Shrine, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan. Gift of T.W. Thorndike, 1912. E16155