- FREDA DIESING TRIBAL MASK, 1979, ALDER
WOODFreda Diesing (Canada, 1925 - 2002) decorative tribal mask inscribed to inside "Human face mask made of alder wood By Freda Diesing 1979". Hand carved of alder wood, cedar...
[more like this] - AL COLE (1944-2009) HAMATSA CROOKED
BEAR MASKThis is an outstanding and large Crooked Bear Mask signed and carved by Al Cole (1944-2009) of the Nuxalk (Bella Coola) Kwakwaka'wakw from the 20th Century. The Crooked...
[more like this] - VIBRANT TIAHUANACO TEXTILE SASH - JAGUAR
MASKS**Originally Listed At $450**
Pre-Columbian, Bolivia, Tiahuanaco (Tiwanaku) culture, ca. 600 to 900 CE. A lovely textile sash fragment comprised of tightly-woven camelid...
[more like this] - STUNNING MAYA GREENSTONE MASK W/ EARSPOOLS**Originally
Listed At $22000**
Pre-Columbian, Mexico and northern Central America, Maya Territories, Late Classic, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A stunning mottled greenstone mask, made to be worn...
[more like this] - EARLY 20TH C. AFRICAN WOOD MASK - CLASSIC
BASSAWest Africa, Liberia, Bassa people, ca. early 20th century CE. A fine example of a dark wooden mask in the classic Bassa style, with the face so deeply set from the brow...
[more like this] - FIRST NATIONS KWAKWAKA'WAKW WOOD SUN
MASK, V. MORGANValerie Morgan, (First Nations, Kwakwaka'wakw, Canada, British Columbia, b. 1961 to present) ca. 1992, "Sun Mask." This is a very fine sun mask hand-carved...
[more like this] - HANDSOME AZTEC STONE FACE OF MANPre-Columbian,
Central & Gulf Coast Mexico, Veracruz region, Aztec culture, Post Classic period, ca. 1200 to 1521 CE. A dramatic mask carved from a gray volcanic stone, the head of a young...
[more like this] - 20TH C. BALINESE PAINTED WOOD MASK,
MONKEYSoutheast Asia, Indonesia, Java or Bali, ca. late 20th century CE. An expressive wooden festival mask with painted motifs and raffia fiber hair details. The fierce face...
[more like this] - MAPUCHE STONE MASK - FINE EXAMPLEPre-Columbian,
South America, Argentina or Chile, Mapuche Culture, ca. 1200 to 1700 CE. If ever there was a mask that captured the element of surprise, this one is it! A remarkably rare...
[more like this] - UNUSUAL VERACRUZ POTTERY STANDING FIGURE
WHISTLEPre-Columbian, Mexico, Veracruz culture, also known as Totonac (Totonaca), Remojadas, ca. 300 to 600 CE. A fascinating figure of a woman, probably a shaman but possibly...
[more like this] - RARE / INCREDIBLE HUARI POTTERY FUNERARY
MASK TL TESTED...Pre-Columbian, Central Peru, Huari (Wari) culture, ca. 500 to 1000 CE. This is an amazing pottery mask that is slightly larger than life-sized of a stylized...
[more like this] - SICAN LAMBAYEQUE HAMMERED COPPER MASKPre-Columbian,
north coast of Peru, Sican / Lambayeque culture, ca. 10th to 11th century CE. A mask made of hammered copper, with two huge copper projections that rise, similar to horns...
[more like this] - SICAN-LAMBAYEQUE WOOD THRONE FOR AN
EMPERORPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Sican-Lambayeque, ca. 750 to 1375 CE. A hand-carved wooden throne from the Sican-Lambayeque Empire which was known for creating the...
[more like this] - ROMANO-EGYPTIAN CARTONNAGE MUMMY MASK,
EX-CHRISTIE'SIt's not often we start a listing by stating the provenance, but in this case the pedigree is almost as impressive as the piece. Sold - Christies, December 1996;...
[more like this] - EGYPTIAN WOOD & PAINTED GESSO SARCOPHAGUS
MASKEgypt, Late Dynastic Period, 26th to 31st Dynasty, ca. 664 to 332 BCE. An attractive sarcophagus mask that is hand-carved from hardwood and perhaps depicts a high-class...
[more like this] - EGYPTIAN PAINTED / GESSO CEDAR SARCOPHAGUS
MASKEgypt, Late Dynastic to Ptolemaic Period, ca. 664 to 30 BCE. A gorgeous and endearing example of a mask that is hand-carved from finely grained cedar that would have attached...
[more like this] - ANCIENT ARGENTINE CONDORHUASI-ALAMITO
STONE MASKPre-Columbian, Northwest Argentina, Condorhuasi-Alamito culture, Early Period, ca. 200 BCE to 500 CE. An incredible funerary mask hand-carved from a large stone...
[more like this] - DYNAMIC GREEK CANOSAN MASKED ACTOR &
MAIDENAncient Greece, Magna Graecia, Apulia, Canosan Hellenistic Period, ca. 3rd century BCE. A fascinating and rare ceramic figure, dynamically posed, featuring a masked...
[more like this] - MOCHE LOMA NEGRA COPPER MASK POWERFUL
LORDPre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Loma Negra region, Moche culture, ca. 6th to 7th century CE. A stunning gilt copper funerary mask inlaid with white shells and blue lapis...
[more like this] - OUTSTANDING HUARI / TIWANAKU MUMMY BUNDLE
HEADPre-Columbian, Coastal Peru, Huari (Wari) or Tiwanaku (Tiahuanaco) culture, ca. 600 to 1000 CE. An incredible mummy head made of woven textiles and colorful feathers from...
[more like this] - EGYPTIAN WOOD SARCOPHAGUS MASK W/ BRONZE
& SHELL EYESEgypt, Late Dynastic Period, 26th to 31st Dynasty, ca. 664 to 332 BCE. A sarcophagus mask carved from cedar (or possibly sycamore) wood presenting a mesmerizing...
[more like this] - STUNNING MAYA GREENSTONE MASK (FOR KING
IN GRAVE)**First Time At Auction**
Pre-Columbian, Mexico and northern Central America, Maya Territories, Late Classic, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A stunning mottled greenstone mask,...
[more like this] - PRE-COLUMBIAN CONDORHUASI-ALAMITO STONE
SHAMAN MASK**First Time At Auction**
Northwest Argentina, Early Period, Condorhuasi-Alamito culture, ca. 200 BCE to 500 CE. A haunting, life-size, anthropomorphic mask, hand-sculpted...
[more like this] - SUPERB CHONTAL STONE FACE MASK**First
Time At Auction**
Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico, Guerrero region, Chontal culture, Late Preclassic Period, ca. 300 to 100 BCE. A handsome mask carved from tan-brown stone...
[more like this] - 17TH C. JAPANESE EDO NOH MASK HANNYA,
EX MFA 1884**First Time At Auction**
East Asia, Japan, Edo period, ca. 17th to 18th century CE. A dramatic carved and painted wooden mask in the Noh style depicting a hannya,...
[more like this] - CHINESE HONGSHAN JADE PECTORAL - MASK
FORM**Originally Listed At $2500**
East Asia, China, Northeast region, Hongshan culture, ca. 3500 to 3000 BCE. Rare and fine translucent jade maskette from the late Neolithic...
[more like this] - ROMAN MARBLE SARCOPHAGUS PANEL W/ THEATER
MASK**First Time At Auction**
Roman, Imperial period, probably Phrygia (modern Turkey), ca. 2nd to 3rd century CE. A breathtaking marble sarcophagus panel, festooned with...
[more like this] - AFRICAN BWA POLYCHROME WOOD KOBIAY SPIRIT
MASK**Originally Listed At $800**
West Africa, Burkina Faso, Bwa people, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A fantastical plank Kobiay mask which is a representation of a...
[more like this] - RARE 19TH C. AFRICAN DR CONGO MBAGANI
WOOD RITUAL MASK**Originally Listed At $600**
Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mbagani (Babindji) culture, ca. 19th to 20th century CE. A large wood ceremonial...
[more like this] - ROMANO-EGYPTIAN SARCHOPHAGUS MASK NATURALISTIC
FEMALEAncient Egypt, Romano-Egyptian period, ca. 30 BCE to 300 CE. A sarcophagus mask of a woman's face, made from layers of plaster or stucco upon papyrus or linen, and painted...
[more like this] - RARE 19TH C. YUPIK WOOD SPIRIT MASK
(NEPCETAQ)Native American, Northwestern United States, Alaska, Yup'ik culture, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A fantastical wooden spirit mask known as a Nepcetaq...
[more like this] - CAMPANIAN BLACKWARE ARYBALLOS - GREEK
COMEDY MASK, TL'D...Magna Graecia, Southern Italy, Campania, ca. late 4th to early 3rd century BCE. An enticing and rare pottery aryballos in the form of a head wearing a...
[more like this] - MAMA CULTURE, WOOD BUFFALO MASK Nigeria,
the curved horns above flared mouth with crosspiece nose bar, two holes in base for attachment, on custom metal and wood stand, 12.5"l x 9"w (excluding stand)...
[more like this] - MAMA CULTURE, (2) WOOD BUFFALO MASKS
Nigeria, the stylized horns above flared mouth, two holes in base for attachment, 12.5"l x 8.25"w and 11.25"l x 8.75"w...
[more like this] - (3) AFRICAN CARVED WOOD MASKS, CHOKWE
& KUBA(lot of 3) Carved African wood masks, including: (1) Kuba culture, mask with carved figural and alligator/ turtle forms, approx 11.5"h, 5.5"w, (2) Chokwe People, Democratic...
[more like this] - DOGON TRIBE DEATH MASK MALILarge mask
with stylized geometric eyes and face. Wear from age, splintering of wood. Indicative of the Dogon of Mali culture. Masks were used in dances to commemorate the origin of...
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