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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 9904437, member: 2844"]It is indeed Pälden Lhamo, but whether Tibetan, Ladakhi, Mongolian or one of the other Lamaist Buddhist regions is impossible to see, because it isn't an original mask. Tsam, or Cham in Tibetan, is the name for masked dances of pre-Buddhist origin.</p><p>Pälden Lhamo is a protective Goddess. Her fiesty nature means she takes her protective role very seriously.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie75" alt=":playful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I can't help you with the other two masks. Are they all from a series of plaster copies of 'masks of the world'?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 9904437, member: 2844"]It is indeed Pälden Lhamo, but whether Tibetan, Ladakhi, Mongolian or one of the other Lamaist Buddhist regions is impossible to see, because it isn't an original mask. Tsam, or Cham in Tibetan, is the name for masked dances of pre-Buddhist origin. Pälden Lhamo is a protective Goddess. Her fiesty nature means she takes her protective role very seriously.:playful: I can't help you with the other two masks. Are they all from a series of plaster copies of 'masks of the world'?[/QUOTE]
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