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Hanuman, Monkey God, Mask
wood, pigments
late 19th century
Dhimal culture
Terai, Nepal

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Monkey mask with a radiant presence.
Wood, old brown and black patina, green polychromy, white highlights and signs of use.
Dhimal, Terai region, Southeastern Nepal.
H. 22 × W. 16 cm.
Representing Hanuman, this mask is distinguished by an exceptionally pure graphic
construction. The face, divided into two oblique planes, organizes the composition around a long, projecting nose that structures the entire form. The elongated eyes, the mouth set within the lower oval of the face and the green polychromy give the figure the bearing of an attentive guardian, at once calm and intensely present.
Through the economy of its forms, this simian figure radiates a quiet authority.

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