Rare Spirit Faces, Oceania

A very rare wooden vessel with spirit mask face above vessel adorned with textiles, cowrie shells and mirrors, likely some type of divination object, and included is a wooden carved pointer object. Da

A Carved wooden dance crest with a stylized ancestral spirit face as the top finial. The carved headdress features a well carved face with reddish mineral pigments. The sculpture measures 12 inches ta

A very rare old carved wooden helmet mask with janus mask faces and two protruding spirit faces from the forehead. The mask is completely covered in animal skin, stretched tightly over the mask form a

A carved wooden magic shrine object featuring 4 spirit faces on a male and female body, supporting a wooden cup which likely served as some sort of mortar to mix magic ingredients by a shaman/priest.

This is a very rare and old Tabwa Anti-Witchcraft staff. Carved wooden staff with two spirit faces looking in both directions and other various magic accoutrements. Staves of this sort were used by th

A very rare old carved wooden post with spirit or mask face on top and painted with a red mineral pigment. Salampasu peoples, Congo, Africa. The post measures 21 inches tall. Provenance: Field collect

A Carved wooden maskette , likely hung on a shrine. A highly stylized female face embellished with incised geometric designs accented with various colors of kaolin clay pigment. The Ijaw believed in s

A wonderful carved wooden mask with a well handled painted surface and carved abstract animal like face and form.Protective spirits are known as Va by the Mumuye. The village elders would carve "Vabo"

A rare old wooden face mask of a Skull like face, known as "Hell dwelling spirit" with obvious age and wear. Ibibio peoples, Nigeria, Africa. The Mask measures 8 x 5.5 inches ( on stand 11.75 inches t

A rare stone Vicus pendant, c. 200 BC - AD 200, carved from a flat, buff colored stone. It depicts a ghostly face, most likely an ancestral spirit. L: 1 3/8 in (3.5 cm). Nicely polished, good mineral

A rare old wooden face mask of a Skull like face, known as "Hell dwelling spirit" with obvious age and wear. Ibibio peoples, Nigeria, Africa. The Mask measures 12.75 x 8 inches. A durable display stan

Oceania/Polynesia, Hawaiian Islands, ca. 19th century CE. A well-preserved, carved wooden tapa beater with four faces and a tapering, conical handle with a rounded end. Each of the faces has a differe

Carved wood and painted dance mask with energetic face and attached long grass collar. Masks are worn by male members of the Nyau society only. The masquerader is considered to embody the spirit of a

A carved wooden shrine object with tall slender ringed neck, carved face and top hat, embellished with animal hide beard, red textile and encrusted surface. To the Bidjogo peoples, the spirits of the

Early Inuit Eskimo Stone Carving, Signed "Spirit Faces" Early Eskimo carved stone sculpture of spirit faces emerging from the rock Dimension: 8" hgt.; Base 7"x 4" Signed on base (view photograph) Good

Jerry Henry six nation native artist soapstone carving depicting an eagle, spirit faces and a turtle. Signed at the bottom, measures 12 inches tall. Chips visible, see photos.

Pair Vistosi Murano RARE Face decanters with murrine eyes

White pigment on face with curved black eyebrows and black trim around eyes, nose and mouth. Surrounded by raffia trim. Dimensions: H 24" x W 25" x D 9" Condition: showing light signs of age.

New Guinea Ramu River Shield, late 19th/early 20thc. Of oval form, the top with a thin triangular section carved in relief with spirit faces.  With holes on either side for the original cane bindin

This is a very fine and quite lovely old carved wooden staff from the Lwena peoples of Angola, Africa. featuring two finely carved spirit faces as well as raised and incised design work, the staff has

A Papua New Guinea East Sepik Iatmul Sawos Ghost Painting (20th century) bamboo, wood, cane, natural fiber, natural pigment circular painting on palm and bamboo depicting figural spirit faces.

Presenting this RARE Faces poster from 1973 in Germany! The band played at Messehalle in Sindelfingen on October 5th. This show occurred just a few months after the release of the band's fourth an

A very fine and old Lega Iginga figure. A carved wooden shrine idol with two spirit faces and a weathered and worn surface patina. Iginga is a generic Lega term for human figurines owned by the highes

This is a wonderfully decorated and stylized cast bronze bell with 2 spirit faces and various geometric designs. The Bell or Gong measures 17 inches tall and has a 5 lb shipping weight.