A beautiful Taino serpentine ancestral mask

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

Taino carved stone ancestral head; of strikingly stylized skull-form; circa A.D. 1000-1500Provenance:Collection of Flor Maria Alvarado and Carlton Rood, author of A Dominican ChronicleCollection of Al

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

**First Time At Auction** Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Ramu / Upper Keram River, Madang Province, ca. mid-20th century CE. A set of two beautiful ancestral masks, hand-carved from hard wood, each with c

Taino carved serpentine ancestral head; circa A.D. 1000-1500Provenance:Collection of Flor Maria Alvarado and Carlton Rood, author of A Dominican ChronicleCollection of Alfredo Carrada, co-author of <

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

Taino Beautiful Speckled Green Serpentine Bird Man Cohoba Inhaler (1000-1500 CE). Huge spiritually centered head symbolizes the head as the nucleus of the transcendental journey. Size: 2'' x 1.75'' x

Large Taino Anthropoid Pendant. Well made from a beautiful variegated serpentine. Exceptional color. Nice smooth surface. Dating c. 1000-1500 AD. Size: 4'' x 2'' x 1'' (10 x 5 x 3 cm). Provenance: Lar

early/mid 20th century, polychrome spruce wood, with applied hide/fur mustache, inlaid abalone shell scar across one cheek, 10-1/4 x 7 x 4 in. Note: Please see online letter from Steven C. Brown discu

Pre-Columbian Olmec Serpentine Mask Measurements: 7" L x 6" W

Pre-Columbian Olmec serpentine mask from Mexico, ca. 900-600 BCE. Carved human mask with were jaguar mouth and cleft forehead. Oxidation on the eyes from burial. 6.9" height. Private Texas collection

Pre-columbian Olmec serpentine mask, Mexico, 900-600 BC. Carved serpentine mask of a human mask with corn symbols in high relief. 7.9"

Pre-Columbian Olmec Serpentine Mask, Mesmerizing Maskette carved from Serpentine, Expertly carved details including signature Olmec traits such as downturned Jaguar mouth and downturned eyes, The atte

Rare Pre-Columbian Olmec Were-jaguar serpentine mask from Mexico, ca. 900-600 BCE. Carved from a dark serpentine stone with incised decoration. 7" height. x. Kevern Gregory, Fl. Ex. Luis Merida, Flori

Taino Ancestral Face (1000-1500 CE). A fine grained and smoothly carved stone ancestral face with a well defined eye ridge and exaggerated ear spools; and deep set eyes and expressive mouth. 3.25"L x

Taino Serpentine Zoomorphic Effigy (1000-1500 CE) featuring complex bird forms integrated into the body. A humming bird rests on the large bird beak, its bill resting on the larger bird's forehead. Si

Large Taino Serpentine Frog-Man Form (1000-1500 CE). Large serpentine frog-man/zemi--like form. Nicely polished to capture the luminous quality of the stone. åÊFigure is in transition from human to

A beautiful serpentine carved crane (17.5"H)

Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River, ca. 1950 CE. Masks of this type were created to honor deceased ancestors and were thought to contain their sprits. Nicely carved and beautifully painted with trad

Taino Ancestral Head. Slit eyes indicate drug intoxication or dream state. Pierced ears for suspension and added decorations like gold or feathers. Well defined eye and mouth surrounds. Made of basalt

Pre-Columbian Olmec serpentine mask from Mexico, ca. 900-600 BCE. Dark green color serpentine mask with open mouth, tab-like ears, and perforated at the top for suspension. A nice example! 3-3/8" H

An ancestral mask, Murik Lakes, Papua New Guinea, field collected by Bruce D. Lawes, who thought it was created for indigenous use in the 1940s-1950s, having very faint traces of red and yellow pigmen

Pre-Columbian Teotihuacan serpentine mask from Mexico, ca. 600-800 CE. A human funerary mask carved from a dark color serpentine. Small section broken off at the top left. 6.3" height.

Jean Nora (20th Century) Black Serpentine Mask. c. 1996. Max. Ht. 10 1/2". Galerie La Pochade, Paris, France. Estate of Annette McGuire Cravens, Buffalo, NY.