Zemanek-Münster

Mask "joker"

Indien - Arunachal Pradesh, Monpa
sold EUR 500
Provenance
Heide and Hans Kaufmann, Vienna, Austria
Size
H: 23 cm
H: 9.1 inch

Description

wood, blackish brown patina, laughing face, the eyes correspondingly narrowed to slits, coated with wrinkles on forehead and cheeks, slightly dam., traces of insect caused damage, missing part (backside at the rim)


Comparing literature

Chazot, Eric, Masks of the Himalayas, New York 1990, p. 37

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