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SHAMANS,
ANCESTORS AND DONORS
A look at tribal arts and cultures in old Asia

Mask with schematic human face
Magar, central-western Nepal
20th century
Wood with black patina
H. 23.5 cm.

Marc Petit Collection

The great refinement of this expressive abstract stylization with its grammar of simple forms may remind Westerners of Paul Klee’s Physiognomies.
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