20th C. Nepalese Wood Shaman Mask w/ Horsehair

Central Asia, Nepal, ca. mid-20th century CE. A hand carved wood and horsehair mask with an appealing countenance visage bearing close-set eyes, large ears, nose, and open mouth. The horsehair is set

**Originally Listed At $400** Central Asia, Nepal, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden shaman or festival mask with a goat or horsehair beard and 3 iron discs set in the chin. The

Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Sumatra, Batak people, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A wonderful example of a hand-carved wooden shaman staff (known as a tunggal panaluan) with a thick iron cone

**First Time At Auction** Central to Eastern Europe, German-Austrian or Slavic cultures, ca. mid to late 20th century CE. A wood festival and carnival mask for festivals that stemmed from ancient paga

Balinese carved and painted boar mask, 20th c., wood, pigment and horsehair, with moveable jaw on dowel hinge, carved handles extend to the rear, approx. 12"h x 18"l x 16"w Provenance: The Collection

Magar People, Himalayan Shaman mask, 20th c., Nepal, dark stained carved wood, 12"h x 7"w x 5"d Provenance: A Private Collection: 30 East 81st Street, NYC

**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

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**Originally Listed At $500** Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Timor Island, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden ancestral face mask of an abstract presentation with openwork eyes and mou

**Originally Listed At $250** West Africa, Nigeria, Ibibio, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A finely-detailed carved wooden female mask with twin spiraling plaits of hair framing her face. Full lips

**First Time At Auction** Central Asia, Nepal, Himalayan region, ca. first half of the 20th century CE. A striking festival mask, hand-carved from hard wood with bulging eyes, a full nose, tall ears,

**Originally Listed At $200** Indonesia, Bali, 20th century CE. This is an incredibly striking thin wood mask with enormous eyes, mouth, and nostrils. The head has applied facial hair, mustache, and e

**First Time At Auction** Central Asia, Nepal, ca. early 20th century CE. Carved from a single piece of wood and painted in a vibrant red, black, silver, white, and yellow ochre color scheme, a vibran

**Originally Listed At $150** West Africa, Southeastern Nigeria, Ogoni, ca. mid 20th century CE. A finely carved, painted wood mask of the Ogoni culture, which is known for human-faced masks with hing

West Africa, Liberia or Sierra Leone, Mende people, ca. mid-20th century CE. A large and skillfully carved wooden Bundu mask with a lengthy collar of dark raffia. Used during ceremonies associated wit

Africa, Nigeria, Ogoni peoples, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. This is a fun example of one of the Ogoni "elu" (spirit) masks, which are cane wood masks with white-painted faces, narrow eyes, promi

**Originally Listed At $200** Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Chokwe people, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A nicely-detailed dance mask, carved from a single piece of light-brown har

Latin America, Mexico, Guerrero, likely Teloloapan, ca. mid 20th century CE. A vintage polychrome wood mask, skillfully carved and painted, depicting a horned male visage with expressive, thickly lash

Native American, Northern United States / Canada, Inupiaq or Yupik people, ca. mid-20th to 21st century CE. A remarkable shamanic dance mask with a wolf's head carved from wood with extending feathers

Artist unknown (Nepal, 19th-20th c.) Carved wood mask, Nepalese. Very heavy patina. Some indications of red pigment. Remnants of a red wax seal on the interior, (see images). Late 19th or early 20th c

Songye artist Kifwebe mask Democratic Republic of the Congo, 20th centurycarved and painted wood mask: 13 h × 8 w × 6 d in (33 × 20 × 15 cm) mask with stand: 19 h × 8

African Tribal Art: Fang People, Gabon: Ngontang mask featuring four elongated faces. Early 20th century. Wood, carved in a hollowed, helmet-like form with four abstracted faces encircling the perimet

**Originally Listed At $3500** Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Sumatra, Batak peoples, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A wonderful shaman staff, hand-carved from a single piece of hardwood. The len

Western Africa, Mali, Bamana peoples, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A beautiful and fascinating wooden mask depicting an oval face, hand-carved from a single piece of wood, with a pronged he