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Japanese netsuke, Buaku Mask

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An image of Buaku Mask. Celluloid (the 19th century plastic), circa 1880. Japanese.

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Buaku Mask. Celluloid (the 19th century plastic), circa 1880. Japanese.

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  • Accession Number: O.90-2008
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/32.0
  • Focal length: 100
  • Camera: Canon EOS 5D
  • Photographer name: Image Library; Fitzwilliam Museum
  • Image height: 1025 pixels
  • Image width: 908 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 729.23kB
  • Exposure time: 1/30
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 32/1
  • Captured: 2000:01:03 00:34:40

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19th Century buaku mask celluloid faces facial expressions Fitz_AA Japanese mask netsuke

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rgb(196,139,63), rgb(136,77,33), rgb(77,44,27), rgb(234,235,236), rgb(218,186,141), rgb(193,159,123), rgb(144,140,138), rgb(100,100,99), rgb(186,185,185), rgb(213,193,181), rgb(109,100,108)

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