Himalayan crowned double eyes male mask.

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INDIAN AND HIMALAYAN

FOLK AND TRIBAL ARTS

2008

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MASK

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HIMALAYAN CROWNED MALE MASK

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VINTAGE 2008’s EDITION

Himalayan crowned male mask. Terai. Masque couronnè de l’Himalaya. Terai. Mannliche gekronte Himalajamaske. Mascara del Himalaya coronada.  Гималайская коронованная маска мужского пола. ヒマラヤ戴冠させた男性のマスク。 terai区域ネパール . Maschera maschile coronata della regione himalayana, Terai.  

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Interesting the plastic iconography of this imposing crowned mask. Traces of color on natural patinated wood. This mask testifyes how much rich and various can be the iconographic repertoire of the Terai area.  

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  Complitely different the style of a crowned male  mask of King or Hero from Himachal Pradesh, see more on

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For a more classic view of the Kali masks iconography see the comparation of three items on

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Imposing frontal view.

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 Frontal view detail.

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 Crown detail view.

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Forehead detail view.

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Double eyes detail view.

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Double eyes detail view.

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 Below frontal view detail.

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 Frontal view side A.

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 Frontal view side B.

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 Side A view.

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Back side view.

 

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 Back side view detail.

 

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Back side view detail.

FEW VINTAGE PHOTOS OF THE MASK

 

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ANOTHER PHOTO OF THE EARLY 90’S

  

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The crowned mask in its original contest (first full mask on the left), photo Ethnoflorence, around 1990. 

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Western Himalayan , Himachal Pradesh (?) male mask 尼泊尔面具 印度面具

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MASK

(Inventory no. 67)

ANCIENT

HIMALAYAN MALE MASK

(ex Horst Antes Collection)

Important traces of local restoration with nails and wire, a restoration technique that I could not test on other specimens.

 

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GROUP OF 4 ANIMISTIC MASKS FROM THE SAME VILLAGE

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Four Western Himalayan (?) masks, in the same style, from the same hand or workship, surely from the same remote and unknown village. Quatre masques  de L’Himalaya Occidental, de la même main . Vier Westliche Himalajamaskes, von derselben Hand . Cuatro máscaras Occidental del Himalaya, de la misma mano. Четыре Западных Гималайских маска, от той же руки . 同じ手または村からの4つの西部のヒマラヤマスク。Quattro maschere della regione occidentale dell’Himalaya, da un confronto degli elementi stitlistici propri di ciascuna si può dedurre provengano certamente dallo stesso remoto villaggio, siano probabilmente opera della stessa mano o dello stesso contesto artigiano. 尼泊尔面具  印度面具

Mask n1. Assimmetric style of the face, double expression of the mouth. Ambiguos mask, in which there is a double expression of the mouth, if the actor covers the upper part of the mouth, there is a ridicolous expression with two deformed teeth (we can re-find this kind of exagerate deformation in many masks of the Terai region or for example in some terracotta heads of the south India – Tamil Nadu district).

Deformed teeth in a Terai mask.

 But if the actor covers the lower part of the mouth, the mask becomes terryfing with it’s aggressive teeth (few examples in Terai mask, more in the contest of the so called Middle Hills masks).

Aggressive teeth in a MH mask

 About the theory that some of the so called “tribal” or “primitive” masks of the Himalaya could be represent something of symbolic and atypic, about the “narrateur bouffon”, a kind of mask that can makes one laugh, but also make one scared, on “Himalaya masques” Galerie le Toit du Monde Paris, Editions Findakly 2007 there is an interesting writing “Travestissements A propos des masques dits – primitifs-” by Ms Gisèle Krauskopff. Among the masks publicated in this catalogue also the n.64 pag.108 it’s in my opinion an ambigous mask with a double expression of the mouth. Wrathful expression in the above part of the mouth and a long tongue in the belower.  

For an iconographic comparation a Terai mask with an exagerate tongue. In this item however the deformation it’s not associated with a double expression of the mouth.

Side A and B mask. n1 Extreme stylistic verticality of the mask.

 

Mask n.2.

Mask n.3 and n.4

 

Mask 1 side view.

Mask 2 side view. Interesting and different from the mask n1 the style of the ears. Same style of the eyes and mouth.

Mask n.4 side view. Same style of eyes and mouth.

Double expression of the mask n1. If the actor covers the belower part of the mouth obtain a scary expression, but if he covers the abover obtain a bouffonesque expression (two deformed teeth).

Mouth expression of the Mask n2.

Mouth expression of the mask n.3

Mouth expression of the mask n4.

Eyes style of the mask n.2

Another detail for the mask n2.

Eyes style of the mask n3.

Eyes style of the mask n4

Other detail of the mask n4

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Himalayan male mask. Katmandu Valley (?) Nepal mask. 尼泊尔面具 印度面具

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MASK

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HIMALAYAN MALE MASK

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Himalayan male crowned mask. 印度面具 尼泊尔面具

ETHNOFLORENCE

2008

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MASK

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HIMALAYAN MALE CROWNED MASK

 

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Southern nepal male mask. 印度面具 尼泊尔面具

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SOUTHERN NEPAL MASK

(Mask no.9)

 

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Frontal view.

Frontal view detail.

Frontal view detail.

Side view detail.

Back side view.

Back side detail view. 印度面具   尼泊尔面具

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MASK NEPAL MASQUE Himalayan animal mask. 尼泊尔面具 印度面具

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INDIAN AND HIMALAYAN

FOLK AND TRIBAL ARTS

May 26 2008

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EXTRCTS FROM OUR PHOTO ARCHIVES COLLECTION

OLD HIMALAYAN NEPALESE ZOOMORPHIC MASK

(Mask no. 102)

I Quaderni della Collezione

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BIBLIOGRAPHY INDIA AND HIMALAYA

A PERSONAL SELECTION

Old advertising in Tribal Art Resource Guide San Francisco  by Tribal Art Magazine

Spring 1998

LAWRENCE L. HULTBERG

FINE ART

CONTEMPORARY AND TRIBAL ART

 Himalayan mask

Middle Hills, Nepal

18th century

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An important Tamang Demon Mask from the same collection was exhibited in Facing the Gods: Ritual Masks of the Himalayas, STES Smithsonian Institute Traveling Exhibition Service.

Photo credit of Daniel Hultberg – Photo composition by Ethnoflorence

Photo on the left of the composition , the mask was reproduced September 15, 1989 – Museums unmask magic – in the Palm Beach Post, from West Palm Beach.

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RECENT AUCTIONS

AGUTTES

Auction house in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France

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Arts d’ Asie

Drouot Richelieu

2008 4 25

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presents lot no. 24 with an interesting and expressive citipati mask.

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NEPALESE DEFORMED MASK 印度面具 尼泊尔面具 BOUFFONESQUE MASK

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INDIAN AND HIMALAYAN

FOLK AND TRIBAL ARTS 

2008

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MASK 

(Inventary no. 84)

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HIMALAYAN

DEFORMED AND BOUFFONESQUE MASK

Photo Ethnoflorence

Photo Ethnoflorence

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MASK NEPAL MUSTANG AREA 尼泊尔面具

ETHNOFLORENCE

2008

MASK

(Inventory no. 14)

Nepal Mustang Mask card / scheda no 14

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NEPALESE DEMON MASK

MUSTANG AREA

Nepal Mustang Mask frontal view

Nepal Mustang Mask frontal view detail

Nepal Mustang Mask side view

Nepal Mustang Mask side view detail

Nepal Mustang Mask side view detail

Nepal Mustang Mask side detail

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MASK HIMALAYAN MASQUE Himachal Pradesh male crowned handle mask of King or Hero.Masque himachal. Masque rituel. 印度面具

ETHNOFLORENCE

2008

MASK

(Inventory no. 101)

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LARGE OLD & RARE

HIMACHAL PRADESH

MALE CROWNED MASK

OF A KING OR HERO

Himachal Pradesh Mask

Frontal view

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Himachal Pradesh Mask

Left Side View

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Himachal Pradesh

Left Side View Detail

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Himachal Pradesh Mask

Right Side view detail of the crown

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Himachal Pradesh Mask

Right Side View

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The prominent chin it is similar with the one of several Mohra brass effigies; in Rural Art of the Western Himalaya, Subashini Aryan published a male crowned mask from the collection of her father, that it is quite similar, with the present one.

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