Set of Two Decorative Vintage Mexican Painted Dance Masks Lizard & a Mermaid

Early hardwood Mexican mask, representing a man with moustache and beard with curly hair on forehead. Heavy staining and wear inside from traditional use, faint traces of pigments. ...

Early Papua New Guinea painted Maprik carved hard wood mask. Mid-20th century, with wonderful curved expressive asymmetrical face. Long nose with pierced septum. Faded polychrome pig...

From Papua New Guinea an early painted Maprik carved wood head sculpture or mask, intense expression showing teeth, and two opposing stylize...

Early Papua New Guinea painted Maprik carved wood mask with long curved tongue. Mid-20th century, ex Michael Hamson, CA with label on back. Classic Maprik colors with faded polychrom...

Fine Painted Ibibio Polychrome Mask with Figure on Top, Nigeria Africa. Expressive small figure on top with one hand on top of head, other holding stom...

Old carved miniature mask by the Baule of Ivory Coast, West Africa, representing a bushcow with horns (tip of one missing), dark encrusted patina from e...

Early vintage or antique South Seas carved teak Mermaid, circa 1920s or perhaps earlier, a hand carved upright figure holding a carved shell, with deeply carved flowers in grooved hair flowing down back, shell necklace, and scale pattern throughout her tail. The statue is weathered, has a few age cracks, and the end of the tail is broken. Mounted long ago on a late Victorian brass lamp...

A magnificent life-size Mexican folk art hand carved and painted wood body dance mask, in the form of a mermaid, dating to the early 20th century, most likely originating in Guerrero, Mexico. Featuring a large nude female form, exquisitely detailed throughout, including intricately painted eyes, sculpted wavy hair and rich polychrome decorated scaled tail mounted with fish figure, having cutout for wearing around waist, moderately hollowed body reduces overall weight, and arms jointed at the shoulder allowing the arms to rotate and freely move when worn. Retaining later looped wires for hanging from the ceiling or wall. Great original antique / vintage condition with expected heavily distressed patina and chippy paint finish losses. All wear consistent with age and indicative of use. Provenance / Acquisition: From the collection of Mrs. Bettye Wellons, Austin, Texas. Acquired from highly reputable auction house Austin Auction Gallery, established in 1983, Austin, Texas. 2022 Texas Mansion Carved Antiques & Decor catalog. Overall dimensions: (approx) Raised on arms angled back with back head up...

With a beautiful dark patina, this early 20th century wooden mask shows a naturalistic human face, flattened, with the forehead, open mouth and stylised teeth in light relief; the ri...

Ngontang Mask Gabon Fang-Kwele, (Vuvi) Early 1900s Height: 25cm Material: - Wood, pigment, white kaolin Provenance: - Ex collection Gaspereaux, Toulouse, France - Zema...

Vintage American Carved wood Folk Art Bison Decorative Antiques Décor Finely executed Folk art carving of a Bison in heavy wood beadwork strip on buckskin with satin detail Vin...

Vintage Indonesian hand carved wooden slit drum / tribal fertility figure painted in red and black with bells around it’s neck and open space in the torso to...