Mask

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Description

wood, thick encrusty patina of soot and smoke, concave vaulted facial plane, eyes and mouth cut out, hammer nose, piece of fur above the forehead, slightly dam.;
the function of the Timor masks is not known, although some source says that they were worn by priests during dances of the warriors.

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Littérature comparée

Barbier, Jean Paul, Indonesian primitive art from the collection of the Barbier-Müller Museum, Geneva, Dallas 1984, p. 132, pl. 42

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