Mr Claudio Giardino has had Masks are very rare in the world

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JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com 

The discovery of ceramic made of mixed metal mask of Goa Made, Made Village, District Kudu, Jombang, East Java, luring researchers world. Masks made of ceramic metal that is very rare in his day and there is no equal in the world.

In his speech delivered at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Indonesia, Thursday (11/8/2011), Claudio Giardino archaeologists from the University of Arkansas (Rome Center), United States, said that the test of a series of materials that they do, some masks made cave contain clay, copper, and zinc. While other masks are made from a mixture of clay, tin, and iron.

Mixture (ceramics) and various types of metal (metal) is known as "cermet" (ceramic metal).

"The findings of the mask material 'cermet' this is the only one in the world. At the present time," cermet "was developed to make computer chips," said Giardino. Most of the findings mask of the websites in the world is made of gold and wood.

Collectors Italy.

The researchers compared the material still mask the origin of Goa which is now owned by collectors Made in Italy with a mask made caves tucked away in museum Trowulan. Findings Made mask of Goa is now partly owned by collector named Paulo Bertuzzi in Bologna, Italy.

When first discovered around 2006, reportedly there are hundreds of masks with objects other artifacts in Goa Made. Most of the conditions are still intact mask had fallen into the hands of collectors, whereas Trowulan Museum in Mojokerto, East Java, just keep the four masks cracked condition.

Made this mask origin Goa attracts researchers world when scientists researching Bertuzzi mask collection which is very unique and rare material. Last May, even held an international conference to discuss and examine the cave made mask.

Professor of Archaeology, University of Indonesia Agus Aris Munandar said, when viewed from the context of the findings that are in Goa Made (undergrown tunnel), the mask is thought to originate from the 10th century until the 14th century AD.

The mask is presumably related to the Majapahit Empire in Trowulan site. According to Agus, who was made to build a brick Goa Made the same size as a brick in Trowulan. Made cave is actually a tunnel that extends under the soil surface and the mouth is very narrow. (IND)

Source: Kompas.com