Curious Old Deep Relief Portrait Carving old mask but please inquire if you

but please inquire if you prefer just one or two

with every bead in place (it most certainly has never been used)-- and inside that great green zipper is a nice gray lining

and clearly a heart-felt

Believed to represent human beings

or maybe suspended in a state awaiting restoration

Curious Old Deep Relief Portrait Carving old mask but please inquire if youPhotos don't really do justice to the this carving, which comes off looking a bit rougher and more rustic than it really is, which is quite beautifully done. It is a curious one though! What to make of this figure, who appears to have a second set of eye balls, up on his eyelids? I would think he is likely meant to be a priest or monk, with skullcap on his head, deeply carved hood open over one should, and neatly buttoned collar at his neck so then