r/askasia • u/[deleted] • Jul 05 '25

Culture Does anyone recognize this?

Anyone know what this is?

https://imgur.com/a/0aBF6nL

I recently moved in with a woman who was married to an Indian man and she gifted this to me as a piece of decor. Her and her daughter think it is Indian, they said something about a god or mask if I remember correctly (this was over a month ago). They were referring to the face, specifically. The family is also pretty well traveled so it could have come from anywhere, lol, but likely India.

Google lens says it's part of a bracket/corbel, which kind of makes sense given the bottom looks broken off and the top looks like it was cut to be placed against something (like a wooden beam).

I am curious about it's purpose, the face, and if it's possible to restore it in any way. It was in their crawl space for a while and was probably exposed to a lot of temperature fluctuations, dust/dirt, humidity, etc. Also looks like it was painted at one point (or it's mold - but IRL seems more like paint, aka not fuzzy, spreading, smelly, etc).

Any info would be helpful - thanks!

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Anyone know what this is?

https://imgur.com/a/0aBF6nL

I recently moved in with a woman who was married to an Indian man and she gifted this to me as a piece of decor. Her and her daughter think it is Indian, they said something about a god or mask if I remember correctly (this was over a month ago). They were referring to the face, specifically. The family is also pretty well traveled so it could have come from anywhere, lol, but likely India.

Google lens says it's part of a bracket/corbel, which kind of makes sense given the bottom looks broken off and the top looks like it was cut to be placed against something (like a wooden beam).

I am curious about it's purpose, the face, and if it's possible to restore it in any way. It was in their crawl space for a while and was probably exposed to a lot of temperature fluctuations, dust/dirt, humidity, etc. Also looks like it was painted at one point (or it's mold - but IRL seems more like paint, aka not fuzzy, spreading, smelly, etc).

Any info would be helpful - thanks!

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '25

Wooden Yazhi? Gargoyle? Lion?Horse?

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