Houshang mask
Monpa-Sherdukpen tribe, East Bhutan or adjacent regions of northeast India,
18th/19th century (?).
Wood, wool, bamboo,
height 21cm (8 1/2").
Houshang, the Chinese monk who attempted to convert Tibet to a Chinese
form of Buddhism in the 8th century, is perceived here as a comic foreigner.
Mort Golub Collection.

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