Description: |
It is a mask of a diety. The head of the mask is covered by anarrow band all around. Small human coroties (five in number) are carved on the band at regular interval and they are vertically extended. Facial parts are characterised by broad forehead with third (smaller) eye depicted in the centre along the median line. Beautifully decorated and much broader eyebrows, expanded circular eye showing angry expression, short but much broader nose, widely open lips exposing a few frontal teeth of both the jaws with a partial exposition of tongue, oral opening hexagonal in shape. Narrow and beautifully designed beard all along the margin of the face, much elongated and narrow ears. |