Okay thank you. At least it's not made with power tools. Yeas. He's real handsome isn't he? :smug:
...by rocking-walking a flat chisel. The style of the second pair of masks is very characteristic of masks made for the tourist market in Kenya....
Picked these three up. The tooling in the back of them is very similar so I reckon they were created in the same place. What sort of tool would...
There is that, of course.;)
...note-I did get to study some fascinating pics of Nepali Shaman's masks & like many of the more esoteric & less commercial tribal items-the...
That rules out Nepali Shaman's masks. I'm thinking decorative now. Exactly. It would have helped us greatly to know it is clay, and therefore not...
Clay and the size is about 8x6 inches
Reverse of original poster's mask - [IMG] Here are 2 masks that show the growth rings of what appears to be a type of Fomes fomentarius (bracket...
...were mixed in, and likewise it influenced Himalayan Buddhism. Tamang masks are often carved from a wood fungus, which is the look yours has....
Honestly I assumed that the masks mounted on the board were done by the same artisan, at roughly the same time... it didn't occur to me that they...
can u provide sizes of the masks themselves... without pegs or feathers..
...the feathers is unusual to me....but they do look original to the masks...... that and the close up of the wood carvings is making me think the...
...tag AJ. No idea on origin but agree it’s a collection of primitive masks/faces. I see African (Bantu? Ashanti?)Mesoamerican, Greek/Roman, one...
I see what you’re saying on that one.
I think masks/faces in different styles, the one on the right looks Maya to me.
It could actually be from Guatemala. Those distinctive upper and lower eyelashes are commonly a feature of masks from there.
...of Hawai’i Press, 1996. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] More information on such masks, and references, here - https://encyclocraftsapr.com/mask-making/
Thanks AJ-does 'Mees' mean 'Titmouse' in English perhaps ? Apparently 'Mees' means 'Man' in Estonian. I'll start looking at Nepalese Shaman's Masks.
It reminds me of Shamanic masks from Nepal. No idea about the writing though. Mees is a Dutch word.:playful:
...thing i've found online are the Torres Strait Islands turtle shell masks but there's too many differences from mine. Thanks for the help....
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