Himalaya Primitive art , Chinese minorities
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Old and Powerful Gurung Mask,
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Pre 1920 item# 642167 (stock# HP/Ma0128)
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Himalaya Primitive
05 62 19 14 30
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A very great mask figuring a realistic human face is probably an ancestor mask. Note the special carving using a multi faces design which carving gives a very powerful feeling, changing with the lighting and the vision angle, the eyes and the mouth are pierced through, showing rectangular and symmetrical shapes, the teeth are slightly carved. Several pieces of red haired goat skin are roughly fixed with nails to figures eyes browns and barb. Very hard wood, considering the hardness of the wood i ...click for details
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