Mask ·  Nepal · ID: 3034949

Description

wood, dark brown encrusted patina, remains of pigments, reduced forms, mouth with a kind of cleft lip, four holes for affixation, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion, socle;
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 Mask with the object ID 3034949 was last part of the auction 73rd tribal art auction at May 25, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 17.

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