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The
Head of Bhairava
is a 16th-century mask from the
Kathmandu Valley
in Nepal. Made of gilt copper with rock crystal and paint during Nepal's
Malla period
, it depicts
Bhairava
, the destructive and terrifying manifestation of the Hindu god
Shiva
. The mask is in the
Metropolitan Museum of Art
in New York.
Photograph credit:
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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