Mask "joker" · Indien - Arunachal Pradesh, Monpa · ID: 3036034
sold
EUR 500
Provenance
Heide and Hans Kaufmann, Vienna, AustriaSize
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