An Ancestral Mask

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

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

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

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

Kpeli Mask, Senufo People, Ivory Coast. An ancestral mask used during intitiation and funeral ceremonies of the Poro society. Although the occasions on which it is used may differ, it always represent

Wood carved Ancestral Mask from Koiwud Village in East Sepik, Papua New Guinea. Placed on metal stand on plinth, it includes identification tag with artists name J. Bousquette. Excellent condition. Me

WEST TIMOR "cm 25 x16 (10""x 6.3"") Weight: 2.2 kg ca Mask from Atoni tribes of the central highlands of West Timor (Indonesia). Expressive artifact, and very particular for the material of which is m

Papua New Guinea Ancestral Spirit House Face Mask. Hand carved wood with cowrie shell eyes. Painted black. Able to hang on wall., 10 x 3.5 in. Vintage , possibly c. 1970s Papua New Guinea spirit house

A tall carved wooden shrine sculpture featuring an elaborate headdress with avian and serpent images as well as ancestral mask faces. The sculpture was carved from a single piece of wood and has been

Early 20th c Mambila People Spirit (Nigeria/Cameroon) Tadep ancestral Mask With Totem Figure Carved wood , Rams horns, raffia shroud,red seeds/beads with red polychrome, 18 x 12 x 12"

A Carved wooden janus form dance crest, with two ancestral mask like faces as well as ornately carved support and final, well handled, encrusted surface patina suggests field use over many years.Such

An African Ivory Coast Baule Mblo (portrait) ancestral mask (early 20th Century) hand carved wooden depicting prominent villager having pursed lips, slender nose, and pierced slit eyes, arched eyebrow

**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

**First Time At Auction** Papua New Guinea, Madang Province, Ramu / Upper Keram River, ca. mid 20th century CE. A trio of hand-carved wooden ancestral masks with elongated ovoid forms, minimalist anth

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

Matthew James (British Columbia, b. 1963) Portrait of Ancestral Elder, circa 2000 Carved and painted red cedar, cornhusks 12" x 9" x 7" Signed and otherwise identified to the

African Gabon Punu female ancestral carved mask (20th Century), carved wood, kaolin and red earth pigment, depicting realistic, protruding pursed lips, globular protruding eyes incised with a curve, h

Middle Sepik River Area, Latmul people, 19th c. Canoe Prow of a Crocodile head with ancestral figure, mask and small full-body crocodile, all with scarring marks, crudely cut from a canoe, roughly 37"

Oceanic Mask and Plaque Assortment (7) items including (2) New Guinea masks, New Guinea clay and raffia mask, Sepik River mask with feathers and ancestral hanging mask, wall hanging painted mask and w

**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

Ancestral guardian mask with paint remnants, spiral eyes of synthetic or shell/bone material. Mounted on fabric covered panel wired for hanging. Carved figure (possibly African) with natural fiber/gra

Ancestral Portrait Mask, Timor, Lesser Sundra Islands, in great age patina, 9" tall.

wood, animal skin, plant fibres,Single-skin cylinder drum with wedge ring tension. The corpus carved in low relief with two faces that are reminiscent of the ancestral spirit masks from the Ogoou&#233

A Rare Old Tchokwe mask known as "Makishi" which represents " chisaluke " an ancestral male spirit which is danced during the " mukanda ", which is the male initiation ceremony. Made from resin, clay