Mask · Nepal - Kathmandu Tal, Newari · ID: 3033800
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Size
H: 24 cm
H: 9.4 inch
Description
metal, dark patina, protruding eyes, pierced pupils and revealed teeth, raised forehead ornament, bulge of fabric backside, min. dam., traces of corrosion and abrasion;
probably depicting a wrathful deity.
The object Mask with the object ID 3033800 was last part of the auction 71st tribal art auction at November 24, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 25.
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Comparing literature
Himalaya Masques, Suilly-la-Tour 2007, p. 55, ill. 30