The mask depicts the head of a boar with an elaborate headdress and earrings. The headdress is decorated with rows of cobra heads. The earrings on the mask are also decorated with cobra heads and additionally, on one, a human figure, and on the other, an elephant head. Two of the cobra heads each has hanging from it a small heart-shaped pendant with a bead at the end. National Museum of Asian Art Collection The Art of Knowing in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Himalayas (March 25, 2023 - ongoing)
- Collection
- Sackler Gallery 22a: The Art of Knowing in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Himalayas Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Date published
- early 20th century
- Dates
- early 20th century
- Format
- Brass
- Pages
- H x W x D: 35.9 x 45.3 x 25.7 cm (14 1/8 x 17 13/16 x 10 1/8 in)
- Place Discussed
- India
- Provider
- Smithsonian Institution
- Published in
- India
- Reference
- S1999.7
- Rights
- Gift of Dr. Siddharth K. Bhansali
- Source
- Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/a827e169e6633ff3996a5ecaf143f728
