![North American](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/331947/179080814_1_x.jpg?height=528&quality=70&width=528)
American Masks
![BEAU DICK, KWAKWA̱KA̱ʼWAKW, Ba̱k’wa̱s (Bookwus) Mask with Articulated: BEAU DICK (1955-2017) KWAKWA̱KA̱ʼWAKW Ba̱k’wa̱s (Bookwus) Mask with Articulated Skeletal Figure, 2008 cedar wood, horsehair, cedar bark, hide, metal, and plastic buttons](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/7222/330450/178180678_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716403015)
![SCOTT JENSEN & COURTNEY LIPSON, NON-INDIGENOUS, ADOPTED TLINGIT, NORTHWEST COAST, Mask, 2013: SCOTT JENSEN and COURTNEY LIPSON, NON-INDIGENOUS, EACH ADOPTED TLINGIT "Raven Paints His Face" Mask, 2013 wood, pigment, and inlaid glass beads, 13.5 x 9.5 x 6 in (34.3 x 24.1 x 15.2 cm) initialed wit](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/7222/330450/178180712_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716403015)
![Attr: JACK JAMES, KWAKWA̱KA̱ʼWAKW, NORTHWEST COAST, Sisiutl and Bird Headdress, c. 19: Attributed to JACK JAMES (c. 1902-1980) KWAKWA̱KA̱ʼWAKW Sisiutl and Bird Headdress, c. 1970s cedar wood, cedar bark, acrylic paint, cotton cordage, wool cloth, dimensions variable, over](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/7222/330450/178180778_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716403015)
![FREDA DIESING, HAIDA, NORTHWEST COAST, Portrait Mask, 1986: FREDA DIESING (1925-2002) HAIDA, PRINCE RUPERT Portrait Mask, 1986 alder wood, cedar bark, and acrylic paint, 9 x 8 x 5 in (22.9 x 20.3 x 12.7 cm) signed and dated, "FREDA 86". Provenance Private Coll](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/7222/330450/178180695_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716403015)
![RAYMOND WILLIAMS, DITIDAHT/NUU-CHAH-NULTH, NORTHWEST COAST, Mask, 1956: RAYMOND WILLIAMS, DITIDAHT/NUU-CHAH-NULTH Mask, 1956 cedar wood and acrylic paint, 12.5 x 7.5 x 3.5 in (31.8 x 19.1 x 8.9 cm) inscribed [date? by the artist???? unknown hand???] in ink, "KETCHIKAN / A](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/7222/330450/178180773_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716403015)
![DOUG ZILKIE, NON-INDIGENOUS, NORTHWEST COAST, War Helmet, 1991: DOUG ZILKIE (1961-), NON-INDIGENOUS War Helmet, 1991 alder wood, operculum, horse hair, acrylic paint, 7.5 x 11.25 x 11.25 in (19.1 x 28.6 x 28.6 cm), measurements reflect dimensions without fringe an](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/7222/330450/178180759_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716403015)
![JOE DAVID, NUU-CHAH-NULTH, NORTHWEST COAST, 50 Winter Counts, 1996: JOE DAVID (1946-) NUU-CHAH-NULTH 50 Winter Counts, 1996 wood, paint, hair, fabric, feathers, 27 x 13.5 x 15 in (68.6 x 34.3 x 38.1 cm), measurements reflect dimensions with top knot signed and dated,](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/7222/330450/178180696_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716403015)
![MIGUEL MESANZA Coated Metal Mask Wall Sculpture, Miami Artist: 17 x 10.5](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/6201/329440/179139606_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717707680)
![Mexican Modern Decorated Jeweled Glazed Mask Wall Sculpture, Signed: 13.5 x 8 in](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/6201/329440/179408779_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717713846)
![GUERRERO Mexican Hand Carved Wood Mask: Mexican hand carved wood mask. Unusual turtle at the top of mask. Measures 7.5" x 10". Domestic shipping $14.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/7135/325611/178077475_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716514712)
![Pair of Signed Mata Ortiz Masks - Hector Mendoza: Pair of Mata Ortiz masks. Signed Hector Mendoza. Each measure 5.5" x4.75". Domestic Shipping $20.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/7135/325611/177196515_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716514712)
![20th C. Mexican Wood Armadillo & Human Face Mask: Latin America, Mexico, ca. mid-20th century CE. Wow! A unique and colorful handmade wooden festival mask of incredible form: an armadillo whose broad back is in the form of a human face with an open m](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/331947/179080814_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717191351)
![Early Hopi / Zuni Kweo (Wolf Kachina), Helmet Mask: **Originally Listed At $1200** Native American, Southwestern United States, Hopi or Zuni, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A marvelous cottonwood sculpture of the Kweo or the Wolf Kachina hand-painte](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/330498/178217198_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716341892)
![1950s Tlingit / Inuit Mask by Rene Savage: **Originally Listed At $600** Native American / First Nations, United States, Alaska / Canada, Tlingit / Inuit, ca. mid-20th century CE. A caribou skin mask sewn with siew and fur from several arctic](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/330498/178217219_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716341892)
![Inuit Soapstone Spirit Mask & Bone Carving: Native American, Alaska or Canada, Inuit, ca. early 20th century CE. A fascinating pair of Inuit carvings: a soapstone spirit mask surrounded by 5 extending wooden sticks with stone, bone, and wood sp](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/331106/178526138_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716590434)
![Miniature Inuit Walrus Ivory Mask + Salish Cedar Eagle: **Originally Listed At $400** Robert Bellarmine Kokuluk (Native American, Alaska, Inupiat, 1952-2018) & Artie George (First Nations, Canada, Coast Salish, b. 1970). A pair of hand carved miniature scu](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/330498/178217257_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716341892)
News about American Masks
![Two works by Oscar Howe highlight John Moran’s Art of the American West sale June 4](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/177912527_1_x.jpg)
Two works by Oscar Howe highlight John Moran’s Art of the American West sale June 4
MONROVIA, CA — Two original works by Yanktonai Dakota artist Oscar Howe have been consigned by the family to whom he had given them in the 1950s. They will appear in John Moran‘s Art of the American West sale, which features 307 lots and is scheduled for Tuesday, June 4. The catalog is now available […]
![American trompe-l’oeil painting collection beguiles bidders at DuMouchelles May 16-17](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/176431144_1_x.jpeg)
American trompe-l’oeil painting collection beguiles bidders at DuMouchelles May 16-17
DETROIT, MI – Not just a trick of the eye, DuMouchelles’ sale on Thursday, May 16 and Friday, May 17 does include a private collection of a dozen American trompe-l’oeil paintings. The 12 oils come for sale from ‘a prominent Grosse Pointe Park collector of American art.’ Leading the lineup at $25,000-$35,000 is His Master’s […]
![‘Father of American Studio Glass’ Harvey Littleton collection emerges at Habatat May 2](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/175345114_1_x.jpeg)
‘Father of American Studio Glass’ Harvey Littleton collection emerges at Habatat May 2
TROY, MI — Harvey Littleton (1922-2013) was born into a family of glass experts at Corning Glass in upstate New York. His mother Bessie was a key figure in developing Corning Pyrex cookware, now an American collectible icon. Though initially a ceramicist, he became intrigued with the idea of working in glass at lower temperatures […]
![Merida, Rivera, and Dieguez highlight Moran’s Latin American Art and Design sale April 23](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/174983011_1_x.jpeg)
Merida, Rivera, and Dieguez highlight Moran’s Latin American Art and Design sale April 23
MONROVIA, Calif. — Discover the vibrant colors and rich cultural heritage of Latin America at the Latin American Art and Design sale at John Moran Auctioneers Tuesday, April 23. The catalog is now open for bidding at LiveAuctioneers. Leading the highlights of fine art is Abstracted Figures, a 1952 oil on Masonite by Guatemalan and […]