id:			148070
accession number:	1975.104
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1975.104
updated:		2023-03-11 20:51:03.506000

Architectural Sculpture: Face of Time (Kala-mukha), 1100s–1300s. Volcanic stone; overall: 40 x 45.5 x 31 cm (15 3/4 x 17 15/16 x 12 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund 1975.104

title:				Architectural Sculpture: Face of Time (Kala-mukha)
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creation date:			1100s–1300s
creation date earliest:		1100
creation date latest:		1399
current location:		244 Indian and Southeast Asian
creditline:			Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	
technique:	volcanic stone
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Javanese Art
type:		Sculpture
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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 40 x 45.5 x 31 cm (15 3/4 x 17 15/16 x 12 3/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1975
	opening date:   1976-02-03T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1975</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 3-March 7, 1976).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Spink & Son, Ltd., London, England, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1988
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1988–
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fun fact:
The fiercest looking Kala masks are from eastern Java, made between the 10th to 15th century.

digital description:
The bulging eyes and curved fangs of Kala emphasize the ferocity of the figure who stands for Time and Death, the devourer of all creation. Placed above the entry to an Indonesian temple, Kala serves both to protect the site and indicate a symbolic rebirth for those who pass beneath to enter the sacred space. Though related to the faces of glory on monuments in India, Kala and the volcanic stone from which it has been carved are distinctively Javanese.

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1975.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 63, no. 2 (February 1976): 31–71.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 71, no. 168
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25152624

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 321
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n341

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IMAGES

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full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1975.104/1975.104_full.tif