Unusual anthropomorphic terracotta mask · Nepal · ID: 3042113
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Size
H: 26 cm
H: 10.2 inch
Description
fired beige-coloured clay, pink pigment, traces of white and yellow, with stuck out tongue, enclosed by radial incisions, peculiar trefoil nose, slightly dam., minor missing parts (right ear, nose), abrasion of paint, base
The object Unusual anthropomorphic terracotta mask with the object ID 3042113 was last part of the auction 86th Tribal Art Auction at May 27, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 103.
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Comparing literature
Chazot, Eric, Himalayas, Art & Shamans, Vol I Paris 2009, p. 36/37