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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 10527787, member: 8267&quot;]Back to the carved figure - I cannot find any examples of 2-person feline costumes anywhere except Asia. There are lion dances and costumes everywhere the Chinese went, and in neighboring countries including Korea, Japan, Taiwan and Southeast Asia. There are also similar lion dance traditions in parts of India (Goa, Bihar and Sikkim).</p><p><br /></p><p>But I think your carving may represent a Hakka lion from Taiwan. The papier mache head of a Hakka lion has distinctive square jaws, often without noticeable fangs, and a particular Chinese character on their forehead (which I think I see on your figure).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]529223[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://english.hakka.gov.tw/Content/Content?NodeID=684&amp;PageID=43496&amp;LanguageType=ENG" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://english.hakka.gov.tw/Content/Content?NodeID=684&amp;PageID=43496&amp;LanguageType=ENG" rel="nofollow">https://english.hakka.gov.tw/Content/Content?NodeID=684&amp;PageID=43496&amp;LanguageType=ENG</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The costume is a more simple cloth drape, rather than furry, and the dancers&#039; legs are more exposed. There is more variability in the patterns on the cloth, including stripes and spots. This is a still from a video about the Hakka tradition, which shows leopard spots -</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]529222[/ATTACH]</p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]zaBHFRP6njE[/MEDIA][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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