Description of Item

Length of Mask : 20.07" Inches / 51.0 Cms

Width of Mask : 9.64" Inches / 24.5 Cms

Weight of Mask : 1843 Gms / 4.066 Lbs

Product Code : Mask8244

The masks of the Tharu , Magar, and Gurung tribes are of hardwood covered with a glossy, high patina from exposure to smoke and butter fat. Masks of the lowland Tharu people are often of a softer wood, pigmented with polychrome or white kaolin clay. The Rai people are known to make house-protecting masks from tree fungus while some other masks are created from wood.
Some of these masks have supposedly been used for purposes of healing, oracle augury and life crisis initiations while others - in pantomimes on the occasion of village seasonal festivals or ceremonies dedicated to ancestors.
An interesting article about tribal masks of Nepal