![African Ngbaka or Ngbandi Initiation Mask: African Ngbaka or Ngbandi Initiation Mask, Central Africa, Zaire, concave face with lozenge shaped eyes, triangular nose and lozenge shaped open mouth, the face pigmented with white kaolin clay, with](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/6279/333420/180029505_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718385490)
Clay Masks
![African Ngbaka or Ngbandi Initiation Mask: African Ngbaka or Ngbandi Initiation Mask, Central Africa, Zaire, concave face with lozenge shaped eyes, triangular nose and lozenge shaped open mouth, the face pigmented with white kaolin clay, with](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/6279/333420/180029505_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718385490)
![2 Clay Masks: 2 Clay Masks. Up to 6 1/2" x 4 1/4" ALL DESCRIPTIONS AND ANY CONDITION STATEMENT GIVEN BY LANGSTON AUCTION GALLERY ARE STRICTLY OPINIONS AND LANGSTON'S SHALL HAVE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ERRORS OR OMISS](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1053/333101/179887640_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718290682)
![20th C. PNG Sepik River Polychrome Shell Mask: **Originally Listed At $300** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Sepik River region, ca. early 20th century CE. A fascinating mask made from turtle shell and the convex side covered with clay paste molded int](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/334203/180592545_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1719008364)
![Dan Gunyege Mask w/ Accoutrements, Liberia: Carved wood Dan mask, the round eyes rimmed with metal, and with small metal teeth. The elaborate coiffure is formed of braided and twisted raffia heavily packed with clay or similar material. The col](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3585/333643/180230261_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718581801)
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![Toshiko Takaezu turned clay into poetry](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Purple-Moon.jpg)
Toshiko Takaezu turned clay into poetry
NEW YORK – A handful of artists have taken the material of clay to new heights. One of the most celebrated is Toshiko Takaezu (1922-2011), whose ceramics are prized for their artistic skill and complex execution as well as their poetic surfaces. Born in Hawaii, she worked in several mediums during her five-decade career, from […]
![Israeli scientists brew beer in clay vessels with revived ancient yeasts](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/featured-1-5.jpg)
Israeli scientists brew beer in clay vessels with revived ancient yeasts
JERUSALEM (AP) – Israeli researchers raised a glass Wednesday to celebrate a long-brewing project of making beer and mead using yeasts extracted from ancient clay vessels — some over 5,000 years old.
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Wilhelm Kåge, Scandinavian ceramics master
NEW YORK — The ceramics market has been strong of late, and in particular, Scandinavian ceramics have performed markedly well. Yet many pieces, including those by Wilhelm Kåge, can still be had for reasonable sums. Kåge (1889-1960) first had a career in advertising and poster design in his native Sweden , which led to his […]
![Mark Catesby’s Heath Hen and Eastern Shooting Star Hand-colored Engraving leads our five auction highlights](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Trillium-Antique-Prints-and-Rare-Books-April-6-Mark-Catesby.jpeg)
Mark Catesby’s Heath Hen and Eastern Shooting Star Hand-colored Engraving leads our five auction highlights
Mark Catesby, Heath Hen and Eastern Shooting Star Hand-colored Engraving, $5,555 FRANKLIN, TN – Mark Catesby (1683-1749) was born in England, but after traveling to South Carolina, he became America’s first naturalist and illustrator. A century before Audubon, he published the seminal Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands: Containing the Figures of […]