Nepal: A shaman mask from western Nepal.
In western Nepal, in the valleys and foothills of the Himalayas (the so-called “Middle Hills”), the old, pre-Buddhist shamanism still exists amongst the tribes of the Magar, Gurung and others. With shamans, drums, dream-trances into “other worlds” – and their masks.
The shaman mask presented here, from the Nepalese “Middle Hills,” is simple but nonetheless very expressive; it is carved out of hard, brown wood and coloured completely in black. It has a high, domed forehead, large, almost rectangular eyes beneath rubbery, projecting eyebrows, a long, wide nose and an open, as it were speaking mouth. In its abstract simplicity this mask is a highly impressive object.
With good, old shiny patina (on the reverse) and only minimal damage (colour scuffing). First half of the 20th century; H: 28 cm. (ME)
Lit.: 'Wood Sculpture in Nepal' by Bertrand Goy and Max Itzikovitz, fig. 34b, 35c, 36a, 36c, 36d, 41; 'Masks of the Himalayas' by Francois Pannier, fig. 47, 85, 89, 114.
Specialist: Erwin Melchardt
Erwin Melchardt
+43-1-515 60-465
erwin.melchardt@dorotheum.at
26.05.2015 - 15:00
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EUR 1,300.- to EUR 1,600.-
Nepal: A shaman mask from western Nepal.
In western Nepal, in the valleys and foothills of the Himalayas (the so-called “Middle Hills”), the old, pre-Buddhist shamanism still exists amongst the tribes of the Magar, Gurung and others. With shamans, drums, dream-trances into “other worlds” – and their masks.
The shaman mask presented here, from the Nepalese “Middle Hills,” is simple but nonetheless very expressive; it is carved out of hard, brown wood and coloured completely in black. It has a high, domed forehead, large, almost rectangular eyes beneath rubbery, projecting eyebrows, a long, wide nose and an open, as it were speaking mouth. In its abstract simplicity this mask is a highly impressive object.
With good, old shiny patina (on the reverse) and only minimal damage (colour scuffing). First half of the 20th century; H: 28 cm. (ME)
Lit.: 'Wood Sculpture in Nepal' by Bertrand Goy and Max Itzikovitz, fig. 34b, 35c, 36a, 36c, 36d, 41; 'Masks of the Himalayas' by Francois Pannier, fig. 47, 85, 89, 114.
Specialist: Erwin Melchardt
Erwin Melchardt
+43-1-515 60-465
erwin.melchardt@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | Tribal Art |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 26.05.2015 - 15:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 20.05. - 26.05.2015 |