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Material: Bone
Signed Monumental Folk Art Rouge Taxidermy Headdress Mask
Located in Forney, TX
A magnificent American folk art headdress mask by P.J. Stover, signed, titled "Visions", circa 2008. Remarkably executed, the eclectic, sculptural mixed media wall hanging display is...
Category
Early 2000s American Native American Bone Masks
Materials
Antler, Fur, Leather, Beads, Feathers
Willi Huggler Brutalist Style Carved Wood Mask
By Willi Huggler
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Carved grotesque wood mask with pierced eyes, very hooked nose, cigar between very crooked bone teeth. Label on verso reads, “Willi Huggler (Swiss, 1925-2016), Holzschnitzereien, Bri...
Category
20th Century Swiss Tribal Bone Masks
Materials
Bone, Wood
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100 FEARS, Seminara Ceramic Mask
Located in Paris, FR
The traditional masks of the Calabrian town of Seminara are intended to chase away evil from the home, dispel fears and gossip with their exaggerated and grotesque features. The mask...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Bone Masks
Materials
Ceramic
TA RA TA TA, Seminara Ceramic Mask
Located in Paris, FR
The apotropaic (warding off evil) mask from Seminara can be distinguished by its horns, wide eyes, mustache, and screaming mouth with its tongue sticking out. The masks are finished in enormous wood fired kilns, which adds an uncontrollable twist to the features and colors rendered by the artisan’s hands—the final touch in their fierce and imperfect beauty. The demonic aspect of this mask is manifested in order to be expelled, bringing serenity to the owner and ridding the home of negative energy. Giovanni De Francesco takes an idiosyncratic approach to the traditional mask, aiming not for verisimilitude but for a rough impression of the volumes of the face. Using sculptural gestures to shape the clay, he accentuates the fundamental geometry and makes the shapes more grotesque.
Incense can also be placed within TA RA TA TA’s ceramic jaws for ritual burning. This function alludes to a specific variation of the typical mask in in the form of a chimneypot: with smoke pouring out of its mouth and eyes, the mask would appear much more ferocious—and thus even more powerful.
Details:
- Dimension: approximately 32 H x 25 W x 10 D cm
- Material: 100% Mediterranean terracotta clay
- Technique: 100% handmade in Italy
- Each handcrafted TA RA TA TA Seminara mask is unique. Picture on an indicative basis.
- 14-days return policy
- In stock
Giovanni De Francesco (Bergamo 1976), lives and works between Milan and Paris. He is a visual artist dedicated to sculptural installations through the use of plastic materials, photography, video, painting and sound. Since 1997 he has taken part in many personal exhibits as well as collective ones. He an artistic consultant at the Luisa delle Piane gallery in Milan and is a founding member of the Monstera theatre company. He occasionally collaborates with Andre Branzi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Bone Masks
Materials
Ceramic
Cariddi, Seminara Ceramic Mask
Located in Paris, FR
In Greek mythology, the name CARIDDI (Charybdis in English) belonged to a monster that lived in the sea between Calabria and Sicily and destroyed ships by swallowing them up and spitting them back out, generating dangerous whirlpools in the water. This myth is reinterpreted in the form of a mask, which inverts the traditional convex surface to create a concave volume inspired by the underwater world. The mask invites the gaze into the blue depths of its smooth interior, where an uncanny protrusion emerges in the shape of a nose, a signature motif in Giovanni De Francesco’s artistic production. Each nose-island is different from the others; every mask has a unique beauty accentuated by imperfections, smudges, and uncontrollable colors, invoking the unpredictability of fear. This perception overturns the ferocious symbolism of the legendary monster, rewriting CARIDDI as a welcoming narrative. The artist’s explorations of fear, danger, and the unknown become particularly poignant when placed in the recent historical context of Calabria and the Mediterranean Sea.
In the exceptional conditions of the present moment, when hundreds of millions of people are spending more time at home than ever before in living memory, the homeware brand TRAME wants to share the inspiring and supportive influences of these Mediterranean ritual objects with the entire world.
The masks, whether the traditional forms or the contemporary design interpretations, reveal a sense of both timelessness and contemporaneity in their aspirational evocation of a social life with more serenity and less fear.
Details:
- Dimension: approximately 28 H x 22 W x 8 D cm
- Material: 100% Mediterranean terracotta clay
- Technique: 100% handmade in Italy
- Each handcrafted CARIDDI Seminara mask is unique. Picture on an indicative basis.
- 14-days return policy
- In stock
Giovanni De Francesco (Bergamo 1976), lives and works between Milan and Paris. He is a visual artist dedicated to sculptural installations through the use of plastic materials, photography, video, painting and sound. Since 1997 he has taken part in many personal exhibits as well as collective ones. He an artistic consultant at the Luisa delle Piane gallery in Milan and is a founding member of the Monstera theatre company.
He occasionally collaborates with Andre Branzi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Bone Masks
Materials
Ceramic
MISTO, Seminara Ceramic Mask
Located in Paris, FR
MISTO invites itself into your interior to ward off spells, evil spirits and evil influences.
Sophie Dries reinvents the traditional Calabrian mask with her contemporary graphic
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Bone Masks
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Black Dance Mask, Guerrero, Mexico
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Mid-20th century black dance mask, Guerrero, Mexico
A nice old mask from Guererro, Mexico, used in the Tlacololero Dance of the Tlactapa and probably fr...
Category
1940s Mexican Tribal Vintage Bone Masks
Materials
Wood
Traditional, Seminara Ceramic Mask
Located in Paris, FR
Ditto potters with Antonio Bonamico.
The ceramic masks of Seminara are ostentatious and grotesque, with deliberately frightening features to scare away ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Bone Masks
Materials
Ceramic
Collection of Handmade Mexican Folk Art Masks
Located in Atlanta, GA
Collection of Handmade Mexican Folk Art Tin Masks, Mexican, circa 1950s. Each mask is unique and extremely detailed. The largest mask measures 21"...
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1950s Mexican Folk Art Vintage Bone Masks
Materials
Copper, Tin
MISTO, Seminara Ceramic Mask, Green, Sophie Dries
Located in Paris, FR
MISTO invites itself into your interior to ward off spells, evil spirits and evil influences.
Sophie Dries reinvents the traditional Calabrian mask with her contemporary graphic
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Bone Masks
Materials
Ceramic
Collection of Worldwide Traveler's Hand Carved Folk Art Masks
Located in Atlanta, GA
Collection of worldwide traveler's hand carved folk art masks, circa 1940s - 1970s, possibly earlier. We purchased the estate of an Atlanta Coca Cola executive, who traveled the worl...
Category
1950s Balinese Folk Art Vintage Bone Masks
Materials
Wood
1970s Brutalist Carved Wood Sculpture
By Paul Evans
Located in Chula Vista, CA
AMBIANIC presents
1970s Brutalist Hand Carved Wood Sculpture
19.25 h x 5.75 x 7
Preowned vintage unrestored condition, please see images provided.
Category
Late 20th Century Brutalist Bone Masks
Materials
Wood
Vintage Heavy Iron Tribal Art Sculpture Flat Portrait Hanging Face Mask
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage heavy iron modern art sculpture funerary mask featuring a flattened face with no expression. Stamped TM. Measure: 13".
Category
Late 20th Century Folk Art Bone Masks
Materials
Iron
Magical Barbara Antelope Mask Mirrors Seeds Cowries Mali, Africa ex Willis
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early carved wood antelope mask, with many horns, applied glass mirrors, cowries and seeds. Old native repair to one horn.
It is in good condition wear and erosion from tradition...
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Mid-20th Century Malian Tribal Bone Masks
Materials
Wood
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Contemporary Seri Mask from Mexico
Located in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato
Contemporary wooden mask from the Seri people of Sonora, Mexico. The mane is made from natural agave ixtle fiber.
Category
2010s Mexican Folk Art Bone Masks
Materials
Bone, Natural Fiber, Wood, Paint
Vintage African Bwoom Helmet Mask from the Kuba People of the Republic of Congo
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
One of the three royal masks, the Bwoom is one of the oldest mask types used by the Kuba people who live in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is said to have been introduced in th...
Category
Late 20th Century Congolese Tribal Bone Masks
Materials
Bronze
H 12 in W 12 in D 24 in
Bidjogo Tribal Initiation Ox Mask
Located in Chicago, IL
After oxen were introduced to Guinea Bissau by Portuguese sailors in the 15th century, its strength, aggression, and nobility quickly became integrated i...
Category
Early 20th Century Guinea-Bissauan Tribal Bone Masks
Materials
Bone, Wood
Bamileke Horned Tribal Mask from Cameroon, Africa
Located in Miami, FL
Bamileke Horned Tribal Mask from Cameroon, Africa
Offered for sale is a decorative carved mask from the Bamileke people of Cameroon, Africa. This interesting and unusual horned mask...
Category
Mid-20th Century Cameroonian Tribal Bone Masks
Materials
Horn, Leather, Bamboo, Wood, Beads
African Bamileke Tribal Mask from Cameroon with Horns
Located in Miami, FL
African Bamileke Tribal Mask from Cameroon with Horns
Offered for sale is a decorative carved mask from the Bamileke people of Cameroon, Africa, This interesting and unusual horned mask is embellished with beads, a bamboo beard, cowry shells and lucky sea beans...
Category
Mid-20th Century Cameroonian Tribal Bone Masks
Materials
Wood, Beads, Horn, Shell, Bamboo
Cameroon Bamileke Tribal Carved Horned Mask Embellished with Sea Beans & Beads
Located in Miami, FL
Cameroon Bamileke Tribal Carved Horned Mask Embellished with Sea Beans & Beads
Offered for sale is an interesting carved mask from the Bamileke people of ...
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Mid-20th Century Cameroonian Tribal Bone Masks
Materials
Horn, Wood
H 17.5 in W 12.5 in D 5.5 in
Ceremonial Ox Mask from Bhutan
Located in New York, NY
A superb ceremonial mask from Bhutan, used in ritual ceremonies. Made of polychromed wood, this ox mask is a colorful mosaic of red coral, bone, turquoise and lapis lazuli, with fine...
Category
1960s Bhutanese Other Vintage Bone Masks
Materials
Coral, Lapis Lazuli