Early 20th C. Sri Lankan Painted Wood Sanni Mask

**Previously Listed At $100** Sri Lanka, ca. early 20th century CE. A polychrome, hand carved and painted Sanni mask used in healing exorcist ceremonies. As is traditional, this example depicts an ugl

Early 20th Century Hand Carved Wood Sanni Ritual Mask - Sri Lanka. Wood is still in excellent condition. Paint is quite faded and the strings that would represent hair are missing on the one side. Mas

** A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this lot will benefit The Fowler Museum at UCLA ** Mexico, probably Guerrero, early 20th century CE. This is a painted wood mask with red and gold colors

**Originally Listed At $100** Indonesia, Bali or Java, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wood mask with prominent bulging eyes, a long, pointed, upturned nose, a black coiffure, goatee, attache

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

**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

North America, Alaska, Kodiak Island, Alaskan Native / Inuit people, ca. 1930 to 1940 CE. An interesting and amusing hand-carved wooden mask depicting a comical visage. The ovoid face has a pair of pe

Nigeria, Ogoni people, ca. early 20th century CE. This is a very intriguing cane wood mask from the Ogoni people, made to be worn atop the head, in the form of a transformative human/bird figure. The

**Originally Listed at $600** Africa, Nigeria, Ibibio peoples, early 20th century CE. This gorgeous painted wood mask, with its delicate features and elaborate hairstyle, will be a striking conversati

Africa, Southeastern Nigeria, Ogoni, ca. early 20th century CE. A finely carved painted wood mask of the Ogoni culture who are known for their human faced masks with hinged, articulated jaws as we see

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

Central Asia, India or Sri Lanka, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A matched pair of paduka, India's oldest form of footwear. These examples may have belonged to a bride's trousseau, with elabo

**Originally Listed At $150** Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Bali, early 20th century CE. A fascinating and ornately-carved wooden mask form of a face with sharp canines and a bright red extended tongue.

Central America, Guatemala, ca. early 20th century. A wonderful trio of hand-carved and hand-painted wooden dance masks, perhaps representing characters from the Dance of the Conquest. Each visage pre

6pc Indonesian Painted Wood Masks 7'' to 12'' Long. A group of early tribal or folk carved wood theater masks with scattered paint loss and wear from use. 19th or early 20th century. Indonesia, Javane

Vintage Guatemalan Painted Wood Jaguar Mask, early 20th century (MST309)(MS) Dimensions: 8.75" H Property from a private collection, Scarsdale, NY.

A rare early 20th century West African Nigerian Yoruba painted and crafted wood ancestors mask. The mask has wide open eyes, big lips, and a nose, and decorated with a big helmet on the top. The creat

**Previously Listed At $100** Southeast Asia, Indonesian, Java or Bali, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A hand carved and painted wood mask depicting a character for the Topeng dance of Indonesia in

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

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

**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

Latin America, Guatemala or Mexico, possibly Michoacan, ca. early 20th century CE. An expressive and beautifully hand-carved and painted Negrito mask from Michoacan, indicative of Mexico's rich Afro-M

**Originally Listed At $300** Africa, Nigeria, Ibibio or Igbo, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand carved wooden face mask of an ovoid form most likley used for entertainment. The mask depicts a rather