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15-Jul-2015

084_Female Body mask of 180cm high and a star-like decoration.jpg

Description: Female Body mask of 180cm high and a star-like decoration pattern on metallic zinc prominently displayed on the forehead (see 083); There is a tall head gear with line scarifications made directly on the wood as decorations. Three prominent red lines divide the head gear into three horizontal segments; A fourth red line marks the boundary between the gear and the forehead; The forehead is equally tall or long and there two shaped pattern on the top edges that appear as bulging eyes with lashes; The lower part of the forehead is shaped as a navel area; The sides of the forehead area is decorated with black while the rest of the zinc plate is golden and brownish. There are no ears but side edges from the forehead down to the arms; The eyes are hollow and marked with two red lines on each and wide ball/lashes that have straight vertical lines; The nose is very long and well decorated with a zinc plate; The mouth is wide open and the lips painted red and the cheeks are slightly rounded and decorated with similar color and pattern as the forehead; There is a comparatively short torso. The zinc plated decorations seems to focus on two bulging eyes one above the other. There are very long fingers
Dimension: Length: 180 cm; broad: cm

Medion AG MD 86497
1/60s f/9.9 at 4.9mm iso400 full exif

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