Beaded Wooden Mask in the Style of Chokwe Tribal Ritual

Japanese hand carved and painted wood mask of Tengu, the legendary Japanese folk religion creature. Traditionally depicted as a human-bird of prey hy...

Greige-decorated wooden six light chandelier, in an abstracted early Georgian taste, with a baluster support issuing S-scrolling arms each supporting a candle light. Dealer: S138XX.

Pine Apothecary Cabinet Style Chest of Drawers, four drawers, each drawer face with three brass pulls. 37.5" H x 34.5" W x 18.5" D. Provenance: From an Upper East Side Collection.

Pair of Neoclassical Style Polished Stone Spheres, on ebonized socle bases. Overall good condition, wear commensurate with age and use. Overall: 7.25" H x 5" Diameter. Provenance: Fr...

The African Kuba Bwoom tribal mask is the oldest known mask, the Kuba bwoom mask. The materials used for the realization of the Mask are: Wood, colors and vibrates plants, caures, beads, animal hair. In dance it expresses exuberance and joy. The style is similar to that of the middle Kasai. This mask is a helmet with animal hair, carved with a very wide forehead and hollow cheeks that are announced by motifs or dashes and beads. The mouth of the mask is very pronounced carved in wood and then applied on the mask. To distinguish the forehead in different areas are used black and white beads to draw attention to other aspects of the face such as the nose and chin. The entire edge of the chin is surrounded by beads of various colors. The person wearing the mask cannot look because there are no holes for the eyes present; the mask must create the feeling of being blind. Some masks similar to the bwoom mask include the funny mask, the ram mask and initiation masks such as Nnup. The real Kuba masks...

Early antique hand carved Toma or Landai mask from Guinea, Africa. “These brooding, often quite large, masks represent a forest spirit, Landai. Masks lik...

20th Century North West Coast Mask Stan Hunt Signed A striking, graphic mask in the immediately identifiable North West Coast style. A Classic image ...

Yao Shaman's Mask Guizhou Province, China Early 20th Century Wood,horse hair, printed paper, nails Size: 13 1/2" x 8" (34 x 20 cm) On a custom made metal stand. Covered inside and o...