Theatre mask ·  Nepal · ID: 3036630

Description

wood, dark brown patina, dark red paint, yellow pigment, deepened oval mask face with pierced round eyes and a protruding mouth part with bare teeth, crown-like headdress, slightly dam., metal base;
presumably representing a king.

The object Theatre mask with the object ID 3036630 was last part of the auction 76th tribal art auction at March 22, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 13.

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Comparing literature

Petit, Marc, Nepal, Chamanisme et Sculpture Tribale, Pamplona 2009, ill. 119