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Two women in costumes of shaman dancing on rush mats by balustrade.
Folk Dancers Dressed as Buddhist Nuns 승무도 僧舞圖
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by John Knaub

Folk Dancers Dressed as Buddhist Nuns
승무도
僧舞圖

Artist Kim Un-ho 김은호 金殷鎬 (Korean, 1892 - 1979)
Date1922
Place of originKorea, Asia
MediumHanging scroll, ink and color on silk
DimensionsWith hanger: 9 ft. 3 1/2 in. x 45 1/4 in. (283.2 x 114.9 cm)
Without hanger: 8 ft. 11 in. x 45 1/4 in. (271.8 x 114.9 cm)
Image: 6 ft. 6 1/2 in. x 33 1/2 in. (199.4 x 85.1 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of General James A. Van Fleet
Object number1988.1.28
Collections
Visual DescriptionA painting depicts two women in costumes of Buddhist attires dancing on the mats by a balustrade.
Bibliography
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