Ceremonial mask ·  Nepal · ID: 3033191

Description

wood, reddish brown and blackish patina, moustache from real hair, fixed with blackish mass, emblem on the forehead, and incised signs, slightly dam., minor missing part and crack at the chin, on metal base;
only little is known about the usage of the masks. According to a Nepalese source there was a category of masks sculpted in the memory of the ancestor who disappeared. Some masks are said to represent demons, others clowns.

The object Ceremonial mask with the object ID 3033191 was last part of the auction 70th tribal art auction at September 8, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 17 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,000.

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