Sultanate of Oman

Muscat

Since a long time, during the days of the ancient man (Neanderthal) who was living in caves, not knowing how and what to eat...

He learned how to hunt animals of different shapes and sizes drawing them on the walls of the caves and after that hunting them to wear their leathers and putting their heads on his. So when he goes out another time to hunt he would easily be able to hunt another animal believing that he would dominate on them frighten them.

One day a man and his family were searching for food. They were really very hungry. The children were crying, the mother was trying to get them something, and the father was thinking what to do. He sat on the ground, suddenly a stick on the ground pinched him and he thought « Oh, what's that? » then he thought « why don't I use this stick to hunt a large animal to feet my poor children? ». He searched for a large stick in order to hunt a large animal. He found one and he went through the woods. There was something moving between the large trees he didn't know what that thing was. A large stripped animal appeared and jumped towards him. He tried to get away but then a huge battle happened between them. Blood appeared everywhere. Was it the man, who died, was it the tiger? The man rose up with his cloths full of blood. It was the tiger's blood not his. The man was so happy because he found food for his hungry children.

He returned back home and his family were so happy. From that day he learned how to hunt and was the animal's head on his head because this gave him more strength and bravery. These animals and human being exist on earth. If human was not connected to earth, he would not be able to continue living. Through this mask an ancient human being is represented as he is wearing a head of a tiger by which he is able to hunt another animal to continue living on land.