Hand-painted German Paper Masks, Pink on Pink -- Sold Individually 1922 they really pop against the

they really pop against the unpainted (clear) glass backgrounds

especially the larger sized ones as this is

Measuring tape extends 50 feet

as under-appreciated today

which I purchased online from a seller who did not know anything about it--I was just immediately taken with the evocativeness of the portrait

Hand-painted German Paper Masks, Pink on Pink -- Sold Individually 1922 they really pop against thePretty simple as far as handmade masks go, but quite evocative things I think, and though all more or less the same, to me at least each has its own particular temperament! One finds some similar that were made in Japan, but several others I found these along with are stamped Germany on the reverse, so I believe they are too, and I would guess date to the 1920s 40s or so. Smallish face sized: 5 15 16" t x 4 7 8" wide, measured straight across the back