£40 - £60
A dancer's mask modelled as a stylised, anthropomorphised tiger, carved wood, with pointed red/orange ears above a painted white face with two coal-lined staring eyes, two pierced eye holes flanking a red/orange striped nose, a curling black moustache and toothy grimace, late 19th century, Terai district, Southern Nepal, 29 by 21cm Note: Bengal tigers, a real threat to Terai villages, have been incarnated through wearable masks or mounted on posts, functioning as deterrents. Provenance: The Alain Rouveure Collection
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