Caption

Portrait of traditional hand-carved wooden mask from the Loetschental Carnival, representing folkloric characters, spirits, and demons, Loetschental village, Valais Canton, Switzerland

Date

Feb 12, 2010

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/ALESSANDRA MENICONZI

Reference

BRK26A57_081

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

34,5Mb (2,6Mb) / 14,2in x 9,5in / 4252 x 2835 (300dpi)

Keywords

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