- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Mask worn as part of the Ache Lhamo dance costume (male).
- Geographical reference
- Date / Period
- Date made: 1920-1960?, uncertain
- Date collected
- Purcirca hased in circa openhagen 1994
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1995
- Materials and processes
- Material Animal Fur Skin, Material Felt Wool Textile Animal, Material Wool Textile Animal, Material Silk Textile Animal, Material Cowrie Shell, Material Metal, Material Plastic Synthetic, Process Stitched, Process Embroidered, Process Appliqué, Process Felted, Process Woven
- Dimensions
- Height 810 mm, Width 500 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1995.4.7
Search terms: Clothing, Dance, Religion, Ritual and Ceremonial, Mask
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