Tibetan masks - Share Your Favorite Things

RE: Tibetan masks

Watership — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 10:15:26 +0000

Hi Cynthia,

As Sharon says, pics please 😄.

I still have the mask, can compare. I haven't verified the origin.

Todd

RE: Tibetan masks

Shinigami — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 06:38:17 +0000

The new forum seems to attract even more spammers than the old one and would be unreadable in no time. Thank you Mark for removing the trash regularly!

RE: Tibetan masks

Sharon P — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 17:48:58 +0000

P. S. We've had posts trying to sell tires, tools and everything else and I do mean everything, today's guy has some self promotion about the World Cup, has nothing to do with the original post, unlike your question, but it all makes one likely to skip old posts. We want you to have a good experience with the forum. Hope to see future photos of your Asian objects. 🙏

RE: Tibetan masks

Sharon P — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 16:33:37 +0000

@ccochranb

Welcome to the Forum Cynthia, if you wish to show your mask, it might be better to post in the Help Identify This section of the Forum, some members myself included, when they figure out is an old post from years ago, will just skip it. Although Watership may see your post. Especially since some people (not you) are attaching scam messages to old posts like one posted today in the General Discussion section. Mark will remove it when he sees it. Sharon

RE: Tibetan masks

Cynthia Cochran — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 17:13:01 +0000

@watership is the one you are calling a pig from Burma (Myanmar)? I have a mask with similar wood and three types of metal, and I am almost certain it is from there because the man who had it before me had a lot of gifts from when he was a minister there around 1920. It al.ist looks like an elephant to me.

RE: Tibetan masks

Watership — Sat, 05 Jun 2021 04:49:15 +0000

Hi Audrius,

There is a coating of golden paint or something like that, on the underside.

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RE: Tibetan masks

lucky — Fri, 04 Jun 2021 13:23:35 +0000

Posted by: @watership

Sitting side by side in a shop...I grabbed them both 🤗 . About a hundred years old I think for either. The pig mask I haven’t been able to find online, although the general characteristics make it identifiable as Tibetan. Its head-dress seems a bit unusual. Must have been vibrantly colored back in the day. The tortoiseshell I will sell soon....not really a fan of this type of thing....

Thanks for looking, Todd
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Hi Todd, is it possible to take a look at other side of turtle shell mask?

RE: Tibetan masks

Watership — Fri, 04 Jun 2021 00:38:27 +0000

https://auctions.potterauctions.com/mobile/lotdetail.aspx?inventoryid=13844

https://northamericanauctioncompany.hibid.com/lot/56019024/kapala-tibetan-silver-turtle-shell-embossed-mask/?utm_source=barnebys&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=barnebys&utm_content=2019-09-28

RE: Tibetan masks

Watership — Fri, 04 Jun 2021 00:32:39 +0000

Hi Avatar and Mark,

The pig mask is wooden, the tortoiseshell is in the last picture, on the right. I imagine the rules are different in different countries. I will have to check on it, before selling. Good tip, Mark.

RE: Tibetan masks

Adams Asian Art — Fri, 04 Jun 2021 00:21:02 +0000

I see no tortoise shell here. Looks like wood. Are you sure about this

If you do indeed have tortoise shell you may have to check with customs etc about exporting etc. Same goes for importing. I am not 100% sure about these things. Just something that popped into my head as I think it may require a license in Australia etc.

Mark