"Mask Of Himachal Pradesh"
Himalayan mask from the Himachal Pradesh region in northern India, located between Nepal and Kashmir. Used for the Phagli festival, the first festival of the year in the Kullu Valley. This expressive mask is of good age, 19/20th century, 41.5 cm x 25 cm. See the article published in "Letter from the Roof of the World": "The Phagli Festival in the Kullu Valley" notes on the religious context of the festival and the masks in the village of Rumsu by Ute Glasmacher