PAINTED WOOD YUPIK INUIT SPIRIT FISH MASK

PAINTED WOOD YUPIK INUIT SPIRIT FISH MASK Native Inuit mask with spirit face in the middle of the body of a fish. Attached are feathers, fish, and square pieces painted w

A Southwestern Alaskan Yupik Eskimo spirit wooden mask. The mask is made in the shape of a bird, decorated with hand painted ornaments and image of a face with an open mouth in the center, adorned wit

American Indian or Native American, hand-carved and painted, depicting a seabird with man's face on its body surrounded by spirit creatures, such as fish and seal, attached by bird feathers and quills

Old Alutiiq Eskimo Spirit Mask Painted Wood 12''x6''x4.5''. Polychrome painted mask with applied seal skin edges. Overall excellent condition. Mid 20th century. Mounted on verso with metal bracket for

Old Yup'ik Eskimo Seal Shaman Mask Painted Wood 10.5''x18''. Exceptional two-tone painted blue and white carved face mask with applied fins and seal effigy finial. Remnants of old red label on verso w

Wall Mask of Man inscribed verso "Made by Amos Kaganak of Scammon Bay, AK", in carved and painted wood with applied fur, 9" x 9", fine condition; PLUS Painted Hide Spirit Mask on woven basketry oval p

A Southwestern Alaskan Yupik Eskimo shamans wooden mask. Carved wood, feathers, metal and pigment. Shamanic mask with two mouths, surrounded by two bentwood rings adorned with two carved fish. The Yup

For your consideration are two carved wood and soapstone Inuit Spirit Mask done by Edward Komakhuk in Nome, Alaska circa 1995. Inuit carved wood spirit masks have been used in Alaska since 1801 to dep

Gabon African tribal carved and white-painted wood Punu spirit mask, depicting an ancestor with forehead scarification pattern and elaborate coiffure incorporating two figures. 16.5" H.

LARGE ROUND BWA AFRICAN WOODEN SUN SPIRIT MASK Large round African wood painted Sun Spirit mask from the "Bwa" tribe of the Burkina Faso region of West Africa. Size: 31"

Native American, Arctic region, Inuit peoples, ca. 1940s to 1950s CE. An enigmatic, haunting mask hand-carved in a gently-rounded, elongated ovoid form from yellow cedar. The face has simple features,

North America, Alaska, Kodiak Island, Alaskan Native / Inuit people, ca. 1930 to 1940 CE. An interesting and amusing hand-carved wooden mask depicting a comical visage. The ovoid face has a pair of pe

Native American, North America, Pacific Northwest (USA and Canada), Inuit, ca. 20th century CE. An intriguing painted face mask, hand-carved from lightweight wood. Carved out on the verso, this mask p

Africa, Nigeria, Ogoni peoples, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. This is a fun example of one of the Ogoni "elu" (spirit) masks, which are cane wood masks with white-painted faces, narrow eyes, promi

A highly stylized carved wooden dance crest / mask from the Ijaw peoples of Nigeria. The headdress is painted wood and measures 16 x 8 inches ( 25 inches tall on custom stand.

A West African Nigerian Benin mask made of hand painted wood and representing the head of a leopard. Most of the mask is painted in black with white dots and has a smiling toothy mouth. The central pa

Africa, Nigeria, Ogoni peoples, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. This is a fun example of one of the Ogoni "elu" (spirit) masks,cane wood masks with white-painted faces, narrow eyes, prominent noses

Old Inuit Wood Mask 10''x7''. Deeply carved and painted wood human mask that bears resemblance to the Inuit moon god Anningan. Also possibly a Shaman's mask. Slight overall wear from use. Early to mid

Carved wood, painted pigment and cowrie shells. Dimensions: H 50" x W 11.75" x D 6" Condition: some missing wood on the bottom.

Antique carved and painted wood mask with center deity figure. Dimension: 10"lgt. x 10"wd. x 7"dp.. Mask face with an emerging fully carved body of an animal deity with horns. Condition: good conditio

Igbo spirit maiden mask, elaborately carved and painted wood with neck cloth and short and long coiffure ties, early to mid-20th century with unfinished interior, 23” from top to bottom neck cloth,

Iatmul Peoples, Middle Sepik River, Ancestral Spirit carrying Mask on Back, the figure reaching up to touch his tongue, carved and painted wood, of one piece, slightly concave, on 4 1/2" x 9 1/4" x 9

Vintage Imbrando carved wood and monochromatic white-painted spirit mask, Papua New Guinea, mid-20th C. 18 1/2" = h. CONDITION: No issues identified.

19th c. Kifwebe of the Songye/Luba Peoples, North Shaba, (Katanga, DR Congo), in painted and carved wood with downturned horns of a Ram, symbol of virility and leadership. Displayed on a black metal m