Mask help

I have a mask from a Belgium antique shop and I don’t know what the mask is because google reverse image dose not help. Can anyone help me identify the mask. Image: https://postimg.cc/ThrmQBpk

 

Coven, did you forget to post a photograph of your mask?

Debora

 

I’m trying to ad the picture

 

i added the picture but when i save it i don't see the picture but when i edit the i see the picture. I linked the image

 

Why don't you tell us where you found it and what you know about it?

Debora

 

You may also want to post some photos of the back.

 

It was found at a Belgian antique shop. Don’t know the name. It’s more then 20 years old could be way older don’t know

 

Komo sez......... ?????

 

Coven-Am I correct in thinking this mask is ceramic not wood,am I warm ?

 

Welcome Coven.
Your mask could be a 19th century Tamang, a Bön Shaman's mask from Nepal. Bön is the Shamanic pre-Buddhist religion of the Himalayas. Later Buddhist elements were mixed in, and likewise it influenced Himalayan Buddhism.
Tamang masks are often carved from a wood fungus, which is the look yours has.
They originally had fur and feathers attached to them, which were lost over time, leaving a very rough but expressive mask.

https://www.carters.com.au/index.cf...ese-shamanic-tamang-wooden-masks-19th-20th-c/

This one was sold on Catawiki, but it is a dead link:

 

This one still has fur:


https://joeloux.com/portfolio_page/shamanic-mask/

 

Wood fungus-that's one wild texture.

 

Reverse of original poster's mask -

Here are 2 masks that show the growth rings of what appears to be a type of Fomes fomentarius (bracket fungus/tinder fungus/hoof fungus) -

https://www.catawiki.com/en/l/72910975-tribal-mask-1-nepal-1970-1980


https://www.catawiki.com/en/l/76144437-tribal-mask-nepal



It is difficult to tell from the photos if @Coven's mask shows these characteristics. I have not been able to find a comparative mask that shares the distinctive eyelashes.

I think we need to know more about Coven's mask - what the size is, and what the material seems to be.

 

It’s clay

 

Clay and the size is about 8x6 inches

 

The more information you give us Coven,the more we can help.

 

In that case, it is unlikely that the mask was made for actual use in any culture. It may have been made by a ceramics student or other artist as an object for display.

 

That rules out Nepali Shaman's masks.
I'm thinking decorative now.

Exactly. It would have helped us greatly to know it is clay, and therefore not an actual mask.