Buffalo (Mahishasur)

Mask Id:
38
Name:   
Buffalo (Mahishasur)
Country: 
India
Location:
Chilkigarh
Region:   
Group:
Mask Makers:
Professional maskmaker, Bhatta Brahmin
Material Used:
Clay,Cloth,Paper,coloring material
Length:  
42.5 cm
Breadth:
32.5 cm
 
Region  Group  
Description:

Head of the buffalo along with its facial part. The most diagonastic features of the mask in the head region is that there are two horns on the two lateral sides of the head. The free end of the horns are blunt. Salient facial features are prominent eyes almost flat nasal bridge, nose is marked by its much broader free end ending with two big nostrils. The teeth are exposed and the lips are separated. Exposing teeth suggests angry expression. Body colour : blackish grey. Only lower part of the nasal region is dark fawn (?).

 

Buffalo (Mahishasur)