Guatemalan Painted Wood Festival Mask

Maske Guatemala Mit Sockel / with base Holz. H 17 cm. Provenienz: Nachlass Robert Guy, Basel. CHF 400 / 800 EUR 344 / 688

** A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this lot will benefit The Fowler Museum at UCLA ** Central America, Guatemala, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A well-executed and relatively old Guatem

Central America, Guatemala, 20th century CE. A huge wooden mask, painted realistically, showing a pale-complexioned person with blue eyes and straight brown hair. Slits under the eyes provide vision f

New World, Guatemala, ca. mid 20th century CE. A fantastical, striking festival mask in the form of a bat, with the head of the animal forming the lower part of the mask; the ears project upward and a

**Originally Listed At $300** Central America, Guatemala, ca. first half of the 20th century CE. A wonderful set of 3 hand-carved wooden festival masks depicting mustachioed men, perhaps representing

A grouping of three Guatemalan carved and painted wood festival dance masks, two with white painted faces, black painted brows, curling mustaches, and red accents; the third a bull mask. Largest: 8-1/

Group of 4 Vintage Mexican and Guatemalan Festival Masks. Carved and painted wood. Ranging in Size from: 9'' x 7'' x 5.5'' (23 x 18 x 14 cm) to 12'' x 14.75'' x 8'' (30 x 37 x 20 cm).

Mexican festival mask Vintage Mask. Guatemala. Size 11 inches wide x 7 1/2 inches. Guatemalan Carnival mask. Carved and painted wood mask Bull head with large horns. From a Private MI collection purch

Mexican festival mask Vintage Mask. Guatemala. Size 6 inches x 5 inches. Guatemalan Carnival mask. Carved and painted wood mask of a man with mustache. From a Private MI collection purchased in Guatam

Mexican festival mask Vintage Mask. Guatemala. Size 8 1/4 inches wide x 9 inches high. Guatemalan Carnival mask. Carved and painted wood mask Bull head with large horns. From a Private MI collection p

Mexican festival mask Vintage Mask. Guatemala. Size 8 1/4 inches wide x 9 inches high. Guatemalan Carnival mask. Carved and painted wood mask Lion head. From a Private MI collection purchased in Guata

A Carved wood and polychromed painted festival mask with a striking double face with three eyes and two mouths, embellished with some beads and spiral eyes that are possibly shells, animal hide mustac

New World, Guatemala, ca. mid 20th century CE. A lovely festival mask, hand-carved from a single piece of hard wood, depicting an amusing reptile atop an expressive anthropomorphic visage. The lizard

Central America, Guatemala, ca. mid 20th century CE. Wow! A unique and colorful handmade wooden festival mask of incredible form: an armadillo whose broad back is in the form of a bearded human face.

Latin America, Guatemala, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden mask of a deer's head with real antlers. The antlers are covered in brown earthen material, most of which remains, while the h

Latin America, Mexico, ca. 20th century CE. A lovely hand-carved wooden carnival or festival mask depicting an older male with a prominent nose, full lips, a black-painted moustache, and an arching br

**Originally Listed At $500** Mexico, early 20th century. Rare carved wooden festival dance mask painted black with long sinewy snake emerging where nose should be. Snake is painted a vibrant red, gre

** A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this lot will benefit The Fowler Museum at UCLA **Latin America, Mexico or Guatemala, ca. 1950. Lovely and vibrant festival mask in carved wood in colors

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

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

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

**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,

Nepalese Newari Painted Wood Festival Mask, Himalayan region, first half of the 20th century.Portraying Mahakala or Bhairava. Hand-carved wood with green painted face, five skulls around the forehead,

**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