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Dayu mask of Balinese high-caste female Hindu Brahman, beautiful decorative piece on a museum quality metal stand.
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Vintage animistic Dayak ancestor mask for agricultural festivals, separate wing-like decoratively painted ears, long nose, gnarled teeth, featured in Green Goblin’s collection in 2002 Spiderman movie.
The religion of the ethnic Dayak (Dyak) people of Kalimantan (Borneo), Indonesia is a mix of animism, shamanism and ancestor worship. Their word hudoq describes three different things: it describes the pests that can destroy the rice harvest on which their survival depends; the name of the huge yearly Dyak planting celebration and the name…
Javanese Wayang (puppet theater) Topeng (literally “pressed against the face” or mask) is a very refined dance form accompanied by gamelan music. In Bali Topeng tua is the charming dance of an old courtier’s fragile movements, his lack of control and his gathering energy for a short lively dance. He sits behind a cloth curtain,…
Given its size this smaller early 20th century Hsun-ok with simple sophisticated designs of with parallel rows of intricate triangular and beaded borders may been placed as decorative piece on a home altar.
Vintage mask of a king made by Balinese carver on island of Lombok blending Hinduism and animism. Mounted on museum quality stand.
This “crown” called a “house of the head,” was made to show gratitude for the power of the head reflecting Yoruba ideas of individuality and authority. Crowns were placed on altars for prayer and divination and were a symbol of a Yoruba deity. This headdress was in the San Francisco International Airport, “Crowning Achievements” exhibition April-August, 1994.
Painted wooden sarcophagus masks like this adorned the sarcophaguses of mummified individuals, serving both a protective and spiritual function in Egyptian burial rites. Crafted with beautiful stylized features, it dates from the Late Historical Ptolemaic Period (600-30 BCE).
Framed Acrylic Painting on Canvas
This whimsical painting was inspired by Bella, Lark Pilinsky’s pet Pomeranian, a captivating and fanciful creature scrunched on the bottom corner of the painting, her cheerful face highlighted by intense splashes of reds, pinks, greens and blues.
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