An Attractive Mid 20thC North African Polychrome Carved Wooden Ceremonial Face Mask sub-Curios Date: 1824

Date: 1824

this is a museum standard artifact and as such is one that is rarely offered for sale

five feet long (as this chest is)

or simply items that tell a story

An Attractive Mid 20thC North African Polychrome Carved Wooden Ceremonial Face Mask sub-Curios Date: 1824Origin: Moroccan Period: Mid Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1940 60 Height: 15. 5 inches Width: 6. 5 inches Depth: 5 inches (all at maximum) The ceremonial carved wood dance mask having a domed oval face with slit eyes, long aquiline nose and mouth, polychrome covered with an ebony and ivory pigment, surmounted with pecking bird headdress. The mask is in superb overall order with only small scuffs and softened wear to edgings