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Crocodile mask
2015
Banglanatak
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Most Gomira face masks have subsidiary characters crafted along the periphery of the main character. So, the mask is a composite of a principal character surrounded by the subsidiary characters, both of which always have a mythical link between them.
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Details
- Title: Crocodile mask
- Date Created: 2015
- Location: Kushmandi, Dakshin Dinajpur
- Rights: banglanatak.com
- About the craft: The wooden masks are traditionally objects of devotion and worship. Thus the craft of Gomira mask making in its pristine form catered to the need of the Gomira dancers and any villager wishing to give a mask as an offering to the village deity.
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