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Karo Batak mask
Sumatra
19th century.
Wood, feathers, pigment,
height 32cm (12 1/2").
Used by the Batak in funerary rites, then typically destroyed, few survive today.
These rare masks display great affinities to the tribal masks of Nepal.
Private collection.


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