A SIKKIM PAINTED WOOD MASK, the face with bulging eyes, flaming eyebrows, broad nose, open mouth showing fangs, teeth and curling tongue, the hairdress set with a five-skulled tiara, pierced elongated earlobes, painted in dark-blue, red, white, black and traces of gilding, an old label attached to inside, dated February 24, 1899 and stating that the mask is originating from the Theulong monastery in Sikkim, late 19th Century