Mask of "hanuman" ("King of the apes") ·  Nepal · ID: 3034544

Description

heavy wood, partly encrusted patina, remains of paint, of broad form with protruding snout, visible teeth and tongue, clear traces of the carving tool backside, dam., missing parts (chin), traces of abrasion;
“hanuman” is a Hindu deity, who is an ardent devotee of “rama”, a central character in the Indian epic Ramayana. A general among the “vanaras”, an ape-like race of forest-dwellers, “hanuman” is an incarnation of the divine, whose fate it is to aid the hero “rama” in the struggle against the demon king “ravana”.

The object Mask of “hanuman” (“King of the apes”) with the object ID 3034544 was last part of the auction 72nd tribal art auction at March 9, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 5 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,500.

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