Caption

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

Date

Aug 24, 2014

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/ALESSANDRA MENICONZI

Reference

BRK26A57_082

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

63,3Mb (7,3Mb) / 19,2in x 12,8in / 5760 x 3840 (300dpi)

Keywords

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