Collection record · Japanese
Mask (Sōmen)
A composite object whose label records iron, lacquer, hair and silk. The word “possibly” is part of the attribution and remains visible here.
- Maker
- Maker not named in the catalogue record
- Culture
- Japanese
- Place / collection
- Japan · Arms and Armor, The Met
- Date
- Possibly 15th century
- Materials
- Iron, lacquer, hair and silk textile
- Object ID
- 14.100.33 · API 22460
Editorial note
What the record supports
Material lists reveal construction complexity, but they do not by themselves explain use, ownership or meaning.
We reproduce the published culture and place fields from the museum. We do not use resemblance to identify an unrecorded object, and we do not add ceremonial meaning without an object-specific source.
Image & source
A record readers can check
Image: Public Domain, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access. Catalogue data: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Current collection page ↗
Institutional byline: Mask & Craft Archive Editorial Desk
Published: 25 August 2026
Last checked: 30 August 2026