The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 21, 2025

Half-mask (Ho’o-ate) with Neck Guard (Nodowa)

1600s

Japan, Edo period

(1615–1868)
Iron, lacquer, textile (silk)
Gift of George Trumbull Ladd 1921.404.a
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

There is a painted face inside the mask.
  • ?-1921
    George Trumbull Ladd [1842-1921], New Haven, CT, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1921-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • MacClean, J. Arthur. “Recent Gift of George Trumbull Ladd.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 8, no. 5, May 1921, pp. 79–80, 87. Mentioned: p. 80 www.jstor.org
  • {{cite web|title=Half-mask (Ho’o-ate) with Neck Guard (Nodowa)|url=false|author=|year=1600s|access-date=21 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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