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Masks: Their Meaning and Function

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A Chokwe Chihongo Male mask Ex Robert Banks: A Carved wooden mask found amongst the Chokwe of Angola, these masculine masks (Chihongo, sometimes called Cihongo, meaning ‘spirit of wealth’) are used to symbolize wealth and power. The masquera

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A Fine Old Baule Sacred Bush Cow mask Ex Museum: A carved wooden helmet mask with painted designs and well handled edges and wear consistent with field use. The Bo nun amuin mask was a very sacred mask to the Baule, the name meaning "gods of the bus

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WEST AFRICAN CHOKWE PEOPLE CARVED MASK FROM ANGOLA: A West African mask, originating from the Chokwe people in Angola, a significant cultural artifact that holds deep cultural and spiritual meaning within the Chokwe society. These masks play an essenti

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Early 20th C. Amazonian Wayana Vegetal Fiber Tamok Mask: **Originally Listed At $650** South America, Brazil, Wayana / Aparai peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. This is a fascinating woven vegetal mask known as a Tamok uputpe, literally meaning "head of Ta

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Beautiful and distinctive mask from the Nafana tribe of: Beautiful and distinctive mask from the Nafana tribe of the Ivory Coast. This is a Nafana Bedu mask, which in dance ceremonies has the function of expelling evil spirits from the village community. Th

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African Bird Beak Mask: Perhaps Baga or Dogon, certainly West African, this mask dates approximately 1950s-70s. Human headed and bird-beaked these bird masks are avatars of intelligence, and carry a weight of meaning and inf

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PAIR GHANA HAND CARVED MASKS: Pair of Hand Carved Masks from Ghana. 1- The mask features a detailed, textured surface with an original design, is called Mbara, meaning "hunter" in the language used by the Ghanaian Chamba culture 1

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A Bozo Painted Zoomorphic mask with Marionette figure: A carved wooden mask with colorful painted designs and a wonderful marionette type figure on top that at one time would move when you pulled the strings, though it seems to not function as well anymor

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A Shiva Mask from Nepal: A Rare old Shiva Mask from Nepal.Antique carved wooden mask accented with red mineral pigments. The mask is a classic example, and could represent Shiva as Chandrashekhara, meaning â€œHaving the m

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Mask - Wood, Raphia - Toussian - Burkina Faso: The TOUSSIAN live in the Southwest of Burkina Faso. The mask presented here is a Loniaken mask related to the cult of the Lo or of the Do (funerary rites): it also has an initiatory function. In order

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Franz Hagenauer Art Deco Chromed Metal Masks, Pair: Pair of Franz Hagenauer (Austrian, 1906-1986) Art Deco silver-tone chromed brass metal masks, one stylized female face struck with "HAGENAEUR WIEN / MADE IN AUSTRIA" and "WHW" maker's mark to reverse,

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Superb Roman Stone Mosaic - 3 Actors w/ Masks: Roman, the Levant, late Imperial Period, ca. 3rd to 5th century CE. A spectacular mosaic comprised of square stone tesserae depicting three actors' masks rendered in a vibrant color scheme of beige, s

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CHINESE HAN DYNASTY HETIAN FIGURES INLAID WITH JADE AND GOLD MASKS: CHINESE HAN DYNASTY HETIAN FIGURES INLAID WITH JADE AND GOLD MASKS ; L. 24 cm. W. 24 cm. Weight 1357 gram. Hotan Jade Gold Mask of Han Dynasty.The Hotan Jade material of this artifact has a round face

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Item Details

Description

Title: Masks: Their Meaning and Function
Author: Lommel, Herman
ISBN: 089673093x
Publisher: Bookthrift Co
Year: 1981
Binding: hardcover
Edition: First Edition
Condition: Excellent
First published in 1981 by Atlantis Verlag AG, Zurich. Printed and bound in Hong Kong.
The pages are crisp and clean in new condition. The binding and spine are tight. The edges of the hardbound book have slight wear.
Beautiful Book !

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