Gambhira Wall Mask Pair - Hand carved Fish Crown Set of 2 masks of india The mask is built using

The mask is built using the same roughly 400-year-old Nakashi technique behind every piece in this tradition: a wooden core shaped with tamarind seed paste and sawdust

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finished with a small ornamental bird's-head end

treating it as temple art rather than performance photography

Gambhira Wall Mask Pair - Hand carved Fish Crown Set of 2 masks of india The mask is built usingThis listing brings together two separate Gambhira wall masks, each hand carved from premium Gamari wood in tribute to the centuries old Bengali tribal dance tradition, now kept alive by only a handful of families. Each mask carries its own fish form crown, scales carved in fine detail, tail curving up and away from a calm, closed eyed face below. Meant to be hung side by side rather than joined as one piece, the two masks let you space them across a