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2 Micronesian Tapuanu Masks, Mortlock or Caroline Islands

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20th C. Micronesian Wood Ancestor Mask (Tapuanu): Oceania, Micronesia, Chuuk, Caroline Islands, Nomoi Islands (Mortlock), Satoan Atoll (Satawan Atoll), ca. 20th century CE. Micronesian culture has almost no masks - only those from this group of islan

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Old Nootka Painted Shaman Mask 12.5''x8.5''. Polychrome: Old Nootka Painted Shaman Mask 12.5''x8.5''. Polychrome painted carved wood with note on verso that reads, ''1935 Shaman Mask Nook'ka Vanc. Island''. Mask comes on fitted metal display stand. Northwes

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Nunivak Island Painted Wood Mask: DESCRIPTION: Nunivak Island mask with fetishes. Red painted hoop supports. Six animal fetishes attached to quill feathers. 20th century. Yupik culture. PROVENANCE: From the Saul and Florence Putterman

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Papua New Guinea, Witu Islands Dance Mask,: decorated in tones of red, white and black and accented with shells, with fabric covering for neck, a/f (damage to fabric), height 105cm

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GLEN RABENA, ADOPTED HAIDA, Moon Mask, 2001: GLEN RABENA (1953-) ADOPTED HAIDA, HORNBY ISLAND Moon Mask, 2001 yellow cedar and acrylic, 20.75 x 20 x 4 in (52.7 x 50.8 x 10.2 cm) signed and dated, "RABENA / 2000". ESTIMATE: $4,000 — $6,000

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Nunivak Island Painted Wood Mask, Loon: Nunivak Island Painted Wood Mask, Loon mid-20th century having concentric rings with fin and fish appendages overall length 21 inches x width 24 inches Property from the Estate of Lois Ehlert, M

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Tami Island, Papua New Guinea, mask: Tami Island, Papua New Guinea, mask, having a polychrome pigment-decorated strong face with stylized eyes, above an elongated nose with ring, 15"h Provenance: ex. German Colonial collection, ex. New Y

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Inuit carved wood Inupiaq portrait mask: Inuit carved wood Inupiaq portrait mask, likely c. 1900, Ugiuvak (King Island), Alaska, with pierced round eyes and nostrils, down-turned mouth and large cheeks, 10"h x 7"w x 3"d Provenance: Property

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Northwest Coast Native Art Grouse Mask: This Unique and Authentic DITIDAHT GROUSE MASK is carved and painted in old growth red cedar, by First Nations artist Russell Tate. Grouse Mask is used in the West Coast Native dance ceremonies...it h

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West Coast Native Makah Warrior Mask: West Coast Native Ditidahat Makah Warrior Mask Red cedar, cedar bark, feathers, painted & 10 inch in height & 8 inches deep. This mask has a very powerfull presence. Warrior mask is inlayed with very

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BIDJOGO - Mask Vaca Bruto: Guinea Bissau, Bidjogo Islands, 20th C, carved wood, polychrome decoration, vegetable and synthetic fibers, glass, horn, Signs of wear. Used in initiation dances. Minor faults. Dim.: 49cm.

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Signed Joe Peters Jr. Kwakiutl Tsonoqua Mask (1988): First Nations, British Columbia, Alert Bay (near Vancouver Island), Kwakwaka'wakw / Kwakiutl / Kwagiulth, 1988 by Joe Peters Jr. (1959-1994). Signed and dated on the verso. A large Kwakwaka'wakw / Kwa

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Yupik Native American Wood Mask: Nunivak Island, Bering Sea, c. 1920s-1930s. Yup'ik Native American painted and carved wood and sinew mask in the form of a mustachioed face, surrounded by two concentric rings decorated with four ador

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Early 20th C. Alaskan Eskimo Painted Wood Mask: North America, Alaska, Kodiak Island, Alaskan Native / Inuit people, ca. 1930 to 1940 CE. An interesting and amusing hand-carved wooden mask depicting a comical visage. The ovoid face has a pair of pe

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Franz Hagenauer Art Deco Chromed Metal Masks, Pair: Pair of Franz Hagenauer (Austrian, 1906-1986) Art Deco silver-tone chromed brass metal masks, one stylized female face struck with "HAGENAEUR WIEN / MADE IN AUSTRIA" and "WHW" maker's mark to reverse,

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Superb Roman Stone Mosaic - 3 Actors w/ Masks: Roman, the Levant, late Imperial Period, ca. 3rd to 5th century CE. A spectacular mosaic comprised of square stone tesserae depicting three actors' masks rendered in a vibrant color scheme of beige, s

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2 Micronesian Tapuanu Masks, Mortlock or Caroline Islands

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2 Micronesian Tapuanu Masks, Mortlock or Caroline Islands. Carved breadfruit wood, coconut fiber cord and lime white and charcoal. From the collection of Joseph Salamanca. Size: 1) 11'' x 5.5'' x 3'' (28 x 14 x 8 cm); 2) 18.5'' x 7'' x 3.5'' (47 x 18 x 9 cm).

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2 Micronesian Tapuanu Masks, Mortlock or Caroline Islands

Name: 2 Micronesian Tapuanu Masks, Mortlock or Caroline Islands
SKU: 138520195
Price: 1400 USD
Availability: InStock

Estimate $300 - $500

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