Date: Qing (AD 1644-1911)
Area: Dejiang, Guizhou province
Material: Wood

• Object Type：
  • OTHERS
• Location：
  • Chinese Minority Nationalities' Art Gallery
• Tag：
  • nuo goddess tujia qing guizhou wood

These are the deities enshrined and worshipped before the altar in Nuo opera. Both are the head sculpture of circular engraving. They are respectfully addressed as East Mountain God and South Mountain Goddess. There are many legends about them and one of which believed they were the incarnation of Fu Xi and Nu Wa after the times of great antiquity that recreated the world.