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This is a Newar Lakhe or demon mask made of copper repussee. It has all the characteristics of the Lakhe demons with flaming eyebrows, round starring eyes, a huge flat nose, mostache and fangs.
See A Masque Decouvert: Regards sur l'art primitif de l'Himalaya. Stock/Aldines, by Marc Petit. Plate G4.

TRIBAL 16: Code M31
Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
19th-20th Century
h. 21cm/6inches