Huari Wood Snuff Palette - Face w/ Shell Eyes

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Huari / Wari culture, ca. 500 to 1000 CE. Hand-carved from a single piece of wood, this is a palette or tablet (tableta) for holding and inhaling snuff. Much of the palette consis

Originally offered at $500... Oceania, New Zealand, Maori, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. An expertly carved wooden abstract anthropomorphic wheku face with nacre shell disc eyes. The abstract vis

Pre-Columbian, South Coast Peru, Huari / Wari, ca. 700 to 1000 CE. A striking poporo portrait head finely carved out of wood, its glistening gold sheet (80% gold, equivalent to 18K+) covered face pres

Black tone wooden tribal head depicting a mans face with a mustache made in inlayed shells, as well as the eyes. Approx 3.5 inches tall. Evident cracking to wood on backside of head and to top. Tribal

(lot of 2) West African face masks, both likely Dan, Liberia, including: (1) having braided hair, eye slits with applied metal, and carved nose and mouth, over cowrie shell accents, approx 11"h, 7"w;

Pre-Columbian, Huari/Wari culture, Peru, ca. 6th to 9th century CE. A beautifully preserved, dark wooden tray with a large, shallow, rectangular depression for preparing hallucinogenic drugs to be use

Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Sepik River region, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A fabulous hand-carved wooden head of an ancestral figure. The elongated visage features inlaid white shell eyes, one w

Oceanic Idol of Carved Wood w/ Cowrie Shell Eyes. Depicts a man with a bird on his back. Measures 21.5 "h x 5" diameter. Originally sold as part of the Estate of Mary Rockefeller.

**Originally Listed At $500** Oceania, New Zealand, Maori, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. An expertly carved wooden abstract anthropomorphic wheku face with nacre shell disc eyes. The abstract visa

Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, 26th to 31st Dynasty, ca. 664 to 332 BCE. A sarcophagus mask carved from cedar (or possibly sycamore) wood presenting a mesmerizing visage comprised of haunting bronze eye

243. RED EYE KRAMPUS WITH BASKET | Germany, Eastern European, legendary Christmas figure, dressed in wood pelt, composition hands, legs & face w/red-brown glass eyes, holding a gelatin transparency of

TWO ETHNIC PAINTED WOOD CARVINGS, LARGE CARVED & PAINTED WOODEN MASK W/ ANIMALS & SHELL EYES, 28 1/2 IN H, & A CARVED & PAINTED FISH FORM PLAQUE SIGNED PELELIU ISAAC KLEWEI, 23 IN X 15 IN

Title: A Pair Snuff Bottle w Huali Wood Inlay Shell Box Date/Period: Origin: Chinese Dimension: Box Dimension: 238x120x70(mm) 9.38x4.72x2.76(inches) Weight 2.10 lbs/955 g Materials: wood Reserve: $169

Unknown date/origin, comprising one shaped as a human face with cowrie shell eyes, and one shaped as a goat head with hollowed out eyes Heights from 9-1/2"h to 11"h Provenance: Property from the Estat

34. WHITE SPUN COTTON ROBE SANTA CANDY CONTAINER | Composition & cardboard tube body, delightful face w/deep blue eyes, aper feather tree in hand, and standing on a snow flecked wood platform. | 14.5"

African Songye, Democratic Republic of the Congo carved wood janus figure; of male and female form; each face exhibiting inset cowrie shell eyes, and typical grooved linear patterning; H: 16" &#40

African Songye, Democratic Republic of the Congo carved wood janus figure; of male and female form; each face exhibiting inset cowrie shell eyes, and typical grooved linear patterning; H: 16" &#40

Papua New Guinea Ancestral Spirit House Face Mask. Hand carved wood with cowrie shell eyes. Painted black. Able to hang on wall., 10 x 3.5 in. Vintage , possibly c. 1970s Papua New Guinea spirit house

(8) Dresser boxes and stoppered vessel to include capiz shell box in peacock decoration, 3" square, lacquered box of Mt. Fuji, 3-1/2"L x 2-1/8"W, face form wood covered box, 3-1/4"L, African slide lid

Papua New Guinea, Sepic Region, ca. 19th to 20th century CE. A mesmerizing wooden flute stopper with a janiform face at the bottom featuring 4 cowrie shell eyes (2 on each face) and a lizard-like crea

**Originally Listed At $150** Oceania, New Zealand, ca. 1950s CE. A fun carved wooden tiki lamp with two large pearlescent shell eyes embedded in its face. Relief carvings on three sides contribute to

CONTEMPORARY OIL ON CANVAS C 1990 H 44" W 54" "FACE AND EYES" Not signed. Purchased at Xochipilli Gallery, Birmingham, MI. circa 1990. Narrow 1" wood frame.

Papua New Guinea Sepik Province figural suspension hook worked in polychrome wood, featuring a face surmounting a diamond-shaped body and double hook along bottom, with cowrie shell inlay to one eye.

Pre-Columbian, Central Coast Peru, Wari (Huari) culture, ca. 700 to 1000 CE. An impressive hand-carved wooden staff or finial with a head atop a lengthy pole with an uncarved, paddle-shaped base. The