I'm trying to find out some info on two masks I have bought over here in the uk. These are not the ones you are able to put over your face but carved out of solid wood as opposed to the other wooden thin ones.
One is about one meter high, with the bulging black eyes, and six snakes carved above it's forehead (the snakes heads protude out ) it also has wings!(if that is the right descripton) that slot into each side of the main part and it is highly decorated the other is smaller with no other carvings on it but again has the bulging eyes and wings on both sides and again highly decorated. I've tried via the internet to find out about these but have had no luck so far, the only masks that come near are the ones of Garuda and Barong, i've also seen the smaller highly decorated ones, are they representing Gods ?. I've seen them in Bali before but did not think at that time to enquire about them . Any thoughts on them or where to look for info would be helpful.