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Dayu mask of Balinese high-caste female Hindu Brahman, beautiful decorative piece on a museum quality metal stand.
Charming Chinese Nuo Opera dancer wearing a costume with 5-petal plum blossoms symbolizing a wish for the Five Happinesses: prosperity, long life, health, a virtuous life and natural death.
Authentic Chinese Nuo regional folk art mask representing a magistrate portrayed as an elite bureaucrat with civic authority. Finely carved with decorative official’s head headpiece. Indications it was used in ritual dances during 20th century.
In Dayak tradition, this vintage authentic hudoq mask has a white face paint around the eyes and forehead.and carved outlines with traditional upward curling moustache arabesques. Mounted on a museum quality metal stand.
Chinese opera dancer doll with elaborate headdress and 5-petal plum blossom on sash symbolizing the Five Happinesses: prosperity, long life, health, living a virtuous life and dying a natural death.
Vintage Burmese teak heddle-pulley used in strip-weaving on small handlooms. Here surmounted by a ferocious mythical lion as guardian of Buddhist law. Mythical beasts believed to protect the weaver and assure high quality weaving.
This hand made Hmong “spirit lock” pendant amulet necklace was made with high-grade silver, worn as a protective talisman to “lock in” protective spirits. This trapezoid-shaped pendant is engraved with traditional Hmong motifs – dots, triangles, curved and lines within geometric sections, centered with two 4-leaf flowers and topped by spirals that may represent elephant trunks or coiled snakes. Talismans like this are worn as protective amulets soon after birth.
Woven from strands of raffia palm leaves, this traditional vintage bordered square Kuba cloth from the Democratic Republic of the Congo was made using vegetable dye and is embellished with sophisticated embroidered, applique and patchwork linear designs.
Woven from strands of raffia palm leaves, this traditional vintage bordered square Kuba cloth from the Democratic Republic of the Congo was made using vegetable dye and is embellished with sophisticated embroidered, applique and patchwork linear designs.
One-of-a-kind necklace with vintage coin silver alloy Kuchi tribal pendant with a red glass center and dangles worn create a loud festive jingle from dancers wearing it suspended on hand strung beaded ornamental chain.
Vintage Kuchi pendant, dome center, incised dangles and 2 vintage coins used to create festive jingle on dancers wearing it. Suspended on hand strung beaded ornamental chain to create a one-of-a-kind fashion statement.
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