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SHAMANS,
ANCESTORS AND DONORS

A look at tribal arts and cultures in old Asia

Ceremonial mask
Western Nepal
Wood, sindoor (red pigment) kesari (yellow pigment)
kamero (white-clay pigment)
H. 26 cm

Christian Lequindre Collection

In Himalayas, successive layers of colored offerings lend the mask an eminently sacred quality.


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