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Mask At the heart of the procession leading down the steps from the central monastery on the map of Wutaishan is a troupe of dancers wearing masks such as this one. The Tibetan Cham dance was introduced to Wutaishan in the seventeenth century, when the mountain took on an increasingly Tibetan and Mongolian Buddhist identity. all text & images © Rubin Museum of Art |