Early 20th Century Hand Carved Wood Sanni Ritual Mask - Sri Lanka

Early 20th Century Hand Carved Wood Sanni Ritual Mask - Sri Lanka. Wood is still in excellent condition. Paint is quite faded and the strings that would represent hair are missing on the one side. Mas

**Previously Listed At $100** Sri Lanka, ca. early 20th century CE. A polychrome, hand carved and painted Sanni mask used in healing exorcist ceremonies. As is traditional, this example depicts an ugl

West Africa, Ivory Coast, Wobe, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand carved and hand painted wooden mask of the Wobe peoples, one of the two We cultures (comprised of the Wobe and neighboring Gere) who r

**Originally Listed At $100** Indonesia, Bali or Java, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wood mask with prominent bulging eyes, a long, pointed, upturned nose, a black coiffure, goatee, attache

**Originally Listed At $100** Indonesia, Bali or Java, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wood mask with prominent bulging eyes, a long, pointed, upturned nose, a black coiffure, goatee, attache

**Originally Listed At $150** Indonesia, Bali or Java, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wood festival mask with prominent bulging eyes, a bulbous nose, a horse hair moustache, and a toothy, wh

West Africa, Ivory Coast, Baule peoples, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A hand-carved dark wood mask with a heavy, squared-off brow line and long, slender nose; there is a mouth opening on th

**Originally Listed At $800** Africa, Burkina Faso, Bobo culture, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand-carved tall, dark, wood mask with a large figural crest. The mask has an abstract, dramatic appearan

West Africa, Ivory Coast / Liberia, Dan peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A remarkable hand-carved wood divination mask of intriguing form. The stylized visage presents rectangular, openwork eyes be

Central America, Mexico, Guerrero, Nahua culture, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A superb hand carved wood festival mask with grinning Cheshire-like feline face. The brows and whiskers are ma

**Originally Listed At $400** Central Asia, Nepal, Thakuri Tribe, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. Hand-carved from wood, an expressive mask featuring an elongated, ovoid visage with petite openwork

Africa, Nigeria, Edo (Bini) peoples, early 20th century CE. This is a hand carved wood mask from the Edo peoples of Nigeria, the descendants of the founders of the Benin Empire, in south and mid-weste

**Originally Listed At $100** Indonesia, Bali or Java, late 19th to early 20th century CE. This is a gorgeous hand carved wood mask painted a sparkingly dark bronze with sensuous lips, a pointed nose,

**Originally Listed At $100** Indonesia, Bali or Java, late 19th to early 20th century CE. This is a gorgeous hand carved wood mask painted a sparkingly dark bronze with sensuous lips, a pointed nose,

Sinhalese Rukada Fertility Talisman Puppet Head, Sri Lanka, Early 20th C. Carved wood and pigment. A finely carved female head with fine features and tight cropped hair, long neck. Used in rites regar

**First Time At Auction** Central Asia, Nepal, ca. early 20th century CE. Hand-carved from wood, this is a striking mask presenting a bold visage with expressive abstract features such as rectangular

**Previously Listed At $100** Southeast Asia, Indonesian, Java or Bali, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A hand carved and painted wood mask depicting a character for the Topeng dance of Indonesia in

West Africa, Ivory Coast, Senufo peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden mask depicting a firespitter (also known as the "funeral head mask" or "Kponyugo") depicting an abstract zoomo

Western Africa, Cote d'Ivoire and Liberia, Grebo culture, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden mask with a round chin and flat brow. The abstract visage includes rectangular holes for eyes

West Africa, Mali, Dogon people, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A classic example of one of the most striking Dogon artifacts, a mask known as a "kanaga." Hand-carved from wood, the mask itself fea

** A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this lot will benefit The Fowler Museum at UCLA ** West Africa, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand carved wooden face mask painted with organic red and bla

**Originally Listed At $200** Central Asia, Nepal, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden mask of a circular form with a concave verso. The hemispherical countenance presents with diamond-sha

Latin America, Guatemala, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden mask of a deer's head with real antlers. The antlers are covered in brown earthen material, most of which remains, while the h

Latin America, Guatemala, ca. early 20th century CE. A fine, hand-carved face mask meant to represent a Spanish Catrine (dandy), likely worn and danced in the Baile de los Catrines (Dance of the Dandi