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...devouring eagle Gurula from Ceylon, its head alive with twining cobras; Haidu, Tlinglit and Salish masks from the northwest Pacific coast, representing ancestors who could appear in various shapes at will (one, a wooden wolf-head, came open to reveal a fearsome cormorant); a proud yet friendly mask of Hamtman, Javanese version of the Indian monkey...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: False Faces | 5/20/1946 | See Source »

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