19th C. Nepalese Painted Wood Shamanic Hanuman Mask

**Originally Listed At $300** Central Asia, Nepal, ca. 19th century CE. Wonderfully expressive mask representing a monkey / Hanuman - the celestial monkey god. Carved from a single piece of hardwood,

Nepal or Bhutan, ca late 18th to early 19th century CE. Large and wonderfully expressive mask representing Nyelbum - the sinner. Painted in deep blue and yellow with wrinkled forehead and cheeks, larg

Central Asia, Nepal, ca. 19th century CE. A fierce wooden festival mask, hand-carved with bulging eyes, a large, snub nose, and a mouth full of huge canines and protruding tongue. The face is covered

Two curious wooden masks, one burnished, one painted. Burnished hand carved Nepalese shamanic wooden mask and Indonesian painted wooden mask with age related wear. Issued: 19th c. Dimensions: 10.5"L P

**Originally Listed At $300** Central Asia, Nepal, ca. 19th century CE. Hand-carved from wood, an expressive mask, the elongated ovoid visage with openwork rectangular eyes, a protruding aquiline nose

**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

**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,

**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

Indonesia, Bali or Java, 19th century CE. This is an antique hand carved wooden mask with wide, staring eyes, a long, pointed, upturned nose, curled black incised hair, and a grinning face. This mask

Indonesia, Bali or Java, ca. late 19th century CE. This is a hand carved wood mask with wide, staring eyes and a pronounced pointed nose. The face is painted pink, with black and red details. Atop the

**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, Isoko Peoples, ca, late 19th / early 20th century CE. Attractive abstract human form mask. Long, thin, angular jaw, twin tendrils of hair hang to the sides, heavy forehead and angular

**Originally Listed At $600** West Africa, Yoruba peoples, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A fine example with nice aged patina of one of the most distinctive forms of West African masks. This is a

Indonesia, Bali or Java, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. An early, hand-carved wooden mask with bulging red and black eyes, a leering mouth with huge canines that extend down the chin, a gloss

Asia, Sri Lanka, 19th century CE. This is a huge, somewhat grotesque Kolam mask to be worn in festivals and dances. Painted yellow, with bulging eyes and a pointed chin ending in a beard made of straw

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

Height 12 inches.

Africa, Tanzania or Mozambique, late 19th / early 20th century CE. This is a naturalistic carved wood mask with smooth naturalistic features, drilled pupils and an applied hair moustache. It has been

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

Hand carved and painted wood zoomorphic mask of Ngulu or pig, with metal appliques to the snout and head - with a coin mounted directly in the middle of the forehead. Textile and rattan weaves act as

19th c. Noh mask- Tenjin- painted carved wood, annotated 'Tenjin' and 'Hitoe' in Japanese on inside, worn with paint loss, areas touched up. 8''l, 5 1/2''w

Antique Mexican Mask. Mask from the Dance of the Diablos, 19th c., carved and painted wood. Size: 26" x 23" x 6.5" (66 x 58 x 17 cm). Provenance: Richard and Jean Kellaway; Danforth Museum, Framingham

An African DRC Congo Lula Ceremonial Initiation Mask (19th Century) carved wood, heavily painted, kaolin, and other pigments, having simple flat face with a series of punched holes surrounding the eye

Tibet Wolf Mask 19th c polychrome, wood with good patina 11” long x 8 1/2” high Shamanic Wolf Mask. Please note that this lot has a confidential reserve. When you leave a bid in advance of the auc