SOAPSTONE TAINO MASK OFFERING

Taino Mask-Like Form (1000-1500 CE). Similar to a ZEMI. Excellent craftsmanship, with precise facial engraving featuring nicely conceived eyes and mouth. Surrounds and crisp symbolic notations. Pierce

Title: Lega wooden mask - DRC Congon - African Art Tribal Art Description: Mask offering a face scarified with parallel cuts. The surface bears residual inlays of kaolin where particles of mica shine.

(2) pieces. One Asian soapstone cylinder vase and one Mayan style soapstone mask. Dimensions: (Mask) H 13" x W 8" x D 4.25" Condition: Few scattered nicks.

A Superb Soapstone 'Animal Mask' Lion-Handled Vase. Supported on a subtly splayed foot, body carved with archaistic motifs. Chinese Qing Dynasty. Qianlong Four-Character Mark. Size:12cmx8.5cmx13.5cm

Pre-columbian Taino Stone Marker or Mask from The Dominican Republic, ca. 100-1500 A.D. A large stone carved in the form of a skeletal face typical of the Taino culture with a geometric head band. Thi

Pre-columbian Taino Stone Marker or Mask from The Dominican Republic, ca. 100-1500 A.D. A large stone carved in the form of a skeletal face typical of the Taino culture with a geometric head band. 8-3

Exquisite Taino Marble Mask (1000-1500 CE). The stone is almost translucent. Possibly a god or ancestor with well sculpted facial features, head band and large ear spools. Size: 4.25"L (11 cm).

A Large Taino Shell Mask, believed to have been held for ritual purposes within the Taino culture. Size: 5.25'' x 3.5'' x 2'' (13 x 9 x 5 cm). This exquisite mask likely represents an ancestor, showca

Taino Janoid Mask. Initial face frontal view, secondary face when inverted. This duality represents the Taino belief in duality, the seen and the hidden, night and day, good, evil, man woman etc. Mask

Taino Stone Mask. Masks or portraits evolved from the keeping of skulls of ancestors. They were considered alive and able to transfer important knowledge when prayed to under the guidance of cohoba, t

Pre-Columbian, Caribbean / Florida, Arawak People, Taino, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A fascinating stone offering tablet in the abstract form of a crouching frog with huge, round eyes, a recessed mouth, and

Taino Ancestral Mask Head (1000-1500 CE). Nicely delineated facial features with elaborate symbolic carving on forehead. Made of ryolite. Size: 3'' x 2.5'' x 1.5'' (8 x 6 x 4 cm). Provenance: Larry Ro

Expressive mask made of wood, messing, seeds, feather, shell, offering material and used in rituals and initiations. For every ceremonie the mask got offering material on top of the basket. Large shel

African Toma Fetish Mask with Embellishment Offering, Guinea. Calabash, wood, skin, with added offering on one horn. Provenance: Ex. Estate Collection Isadore and Nancy Marder, Philadelphia. Size: 32'

Taino Ancestral Serpentine Mask Head (1000-1500 CE) with twin features. Secondary face appears at top of head, a Taino reference to duality of the visible and hidden. Size: 2.25'' x 2.5'' x 0.5'' (6 x

For your consideration are two carved wood and soapstone Inuit Spirit Mask done by Edward Komakhuk in Nome, Alaska circa 1995. Inuit carved wood spirit masks have been used in Alaska since 1801 to dep

Taino Stone Vomit Stick (900-1500 AD) When the Taino made an offering to the spirits, because they did not believe in blood sacrifice, they gave the contents of their stomachs, an act aided by beautif

Modern Chinese hard stone, soapstone carving. Beast mask shou mian design bi. Beautifully sharp & detailed artwork.. 2 3/4" D.

A Taino-Style Stone Votive Mask Height 9 x width 7 1/2 inches. This lot is located in Chicago.

A "Mbra\" Baule Monkey sculpture, Cote D\'Ivoire, Africa. Carved wooden sculpture in the form of a Monkey with offering cup. The mask features a highly stylized form and a thick encrusted surface sugg

Four Piece Chinese Glazed Porcelain Group, to include a celadon vase, a white glazed vase with bat mask handles, a soapstone urn, made into a table lamp, having foo dog top, urn height 12 inches. alon

A contemporary \"Mbra\" Baule Monkey sculpture, Cote D\'Ivoire, Africa. Carved wooden sculpture in the form of a Monkey with offering cup. The mask features a highly stylized form, and appears to be a

A well handled and field used wooden mask with an old metal bowl on the top of the mask, presumably to carry offerings of Fruit and other objects during festivals and parades. The mask is painted blac

Taino Ancestral Stone Head or Mask (1000-1500 CE). Closed eyes suggest subject is in a trance. Well define eye surrounds and headband. Made of basalt. Size: 4.5'' x 3'' x 1.5'' (11 x 8 x 4 cm). Proven