Masque with wild, primitive proportions, featuring a stylized face, one rectangu…

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Masque

with wild, primitive proportions, featuring a stylized face, one rectangular eye and the other almond-shaped. Wood, old shiny brown and honey patina in places, internal signs of use Nepal, Middle Hills 29.5 x 20.5 cm Provenance: collection of Jean-Pierre CORMERAIS, ethnologist and author of the reference book Les Chemises des Dieux - Univers magique de la peinture Yao, published by White Lotus Press 2011.

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