Papua New Guinea Masks

Antique Basketry mask acquired in the 1950s from the Sepik River Valley of Papua New Guinea.

Elaborately crafted Abelam mask from the late 20th century. The Abelam people in Papua New Guinea

Ceremonial mask from the Sepik River region of Papua New Guinea, associated with the dance

Tribal Masks from Sepic River, New Guinea. Priced individually.

A mask made in a monumental size.

Intricately woven Yam ceremony mask from the Sawos People with earthen white pigment and feathers

A striking tribal mask with a beard of natural fibers that add a human quality to the starkness of

ceremonies of Papua New Guinea.

A impressive mask, it was mine for the last twenty five years, It look scary, but actually it is

Province, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia. Made out of bark cloth, bamboo cane, pigment and raffia. Mounted on

, perhaps from the Papua New Guinea region but to be perfectly honest are having a tough time placing its

Gore Vidal who was an avid collector of tribal masks and artifacts. It was listed as being from Papua

of wood and decorated with traditional pigments. This particular mask is from the collection of

From a private collection comes this great Oceanic Papua New Guinea gable figure. This piece is

An Abelam Papua New Guinea finely woven yam mask decorated with vegetable based pigment paint over

Woven basketry yam helmet mask from Papua New Guinea. Flat form with projecting nose and eyes

Woven basketry figural pectoral chest ornament with from Papua New Guinea. Woven yam mask style

carved palm frond, from the Maprik peoples of Papua New Guinea, mid 20th century. From private collection

Early 20th century extra large yam mask from Paupa New Guinea. Wonderful ceremonial mask on a

Two small tightly woven Basketry New Guinea Yam masks, with incrusted paints and surfaces. Used to

Papua New Guinea miniature mask, early 20th century Vars collection, hew haven, CT.

A carved , painted and adorned New Guinea ceremonial mask . Please see our other posting for some

A fairly rare ceremonial woven grass mask from New Guinea . Probably the Abelam region. Please read

One of four New Guinea tribal masks that we recently acquired at an estate auction , from the

Sepik river Basket mask, A large Maprik basketry mask, Papua New Guinea, of upright form with

A fantastic and huge ceremonial mask from New Guinea , possibly lower Sepik region. Please read our

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 from the 1950s, has a very mode...

Armor Samuraï Maeda, ceremonial armor with handcrafted helmet and protects. Made with original japanese fabrics only use for samuraï armor confection, with solid brass and metal deta...

mid-20th century Tami Islands Papua new guinea wooden feast bowl Of classic form, each end carved with raised and incised imagery depicting stylized sea creatures with decorative in...

Expressive early classic cubist Dan mask with refined expressive look, narrow open eyes and mouth and fine line scarification marks around outside of face. Created early 20th century...

This extraordinary 128-piece service by Fabergé is a rare treasure in more ways than one. Enclosed in its original oak chest, the exquisite service remains complete and in pristine c...

We offer this rare and very antique Mexican Diablo mask in wood, circa 1940. Great patina.

20th Century Antique Carved Wood Mask, African Art Solid wood, hand-carved, Africa probably century Very decorative. Comes from a Berlin private collection.

Dance mask/ sculpture. Known as a Kifwebe mask. Songye. Carved wood. 20th century. With a few flaws and repairs.

Early antique hand carved Toma or Landai mask from Guinea, Africa. “These brooding, often quite large, masks represent a forest spirit, Landai. Masks like these were used by the men'...

This piece is an excellent example of an adornment used by Abelam warriors to frighten their enemies. They are held in a warrior’s mouth for courage and to intimidate their adversary...

Well-used wood door lock used by the Bambara people, Mali, Africa, with crosspiece. The top is an animal head with horns possibly an antelope. Includes original movable bolt or cross...

Papua New Guinea standing male ancestral figure. Hand carved from a single piece of wood. Beautiful old pigmented surface w/ finely decorated facial features and shell eyes. Good sig...

Very important “Nwantamtay” dance African mask, consisting of three sections: The upper in plain rectangular shape surmounted by a crescent shape moon, the middle with beautiful geom...

African Lwalwa tribal mask enhanced with white pigment on the mouth and ears.

A fantastic wood and gilt decorated hand carved Chinese ancestral temple shrine Emperor figure riding a mythical beast - perhaps a tiger. From a collection of Chinese and Asian a...

On offer is an Ashanti female fertility figure from Ghana, West Africa, circa Mid-20th century. Carved from a single block of wood, the statue depicts a female with typical coiffure ...