What's really amazing about these pieces is that they were obviously intended to be mounted as part of a larger sculpture, in all probability wood statues of figures, possibly with textile clothing and gold jewelry (notice the piercings for earrings). It is also likely (based on the statues one sees in the temples of Nepal) that the masks were painted, much as the Greek and Roman statues which we see as plain white marble were.
Were there any descriptions or represntations at the exhibits describing how they might have been originally displayed?
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