Masks, Puppets and Dolls

  • Sale! Vintage Bearded Doll Official-Dancer Acrylic Stand, China #1301B-EAO

    Vintage Bearded Doll Official-Dancer Acrylic Stand, China #1301B-EAO

    Original price was: $195.00.Current price is: $135.00.
    Ht: 8.75″  D: 4″  D: 3.125″ | FREE SHIPPING within Continental U.S.!

    This delightful doll mounted on a frosted acrylic stand is dressed as a bearded official wearing a traditional ‘spread-wing” official’s hat. Originally mounted on a wood stick seen under his attire, he wears a dark blue and gold robe with a loose black, red and silver official’s belt and boots.  Although dressed as a Chinese official, he is clearly an entertainer. He holds a set of paper clappers (Kuaiban)– meaning “fast boards,” a two-millennia old Chinese castanets-like instrument made of bamboo or wood slats tied together which entertainers rattle, shake, or clap together to produce a complementary sound or beat. This piece is in excellent condition with expected signs of wear and use in the clothing and minor paint losses.

  • Vintage Carved Tibetan Cham Mask of a Horse, Nepal (11325B-GHL) $325

    Vintage Carved Tibetan Cham Mask of a Horse, Nepal (11325B-GHL) $325

    $325.00

    Deeply carved rows of black hair atop the horse’s head form a carved pattern framed by the upward-pointed ears that emphasize the horse’s alertness. Wonderfully modeled with flowing forms, this carving demonstrates the gifts of Tibetan woodcarvers. One can only imagine how important horses are to Tibetans living on “the roof of the world.” Without…

  • Sale! Vintage Carving of a Brahmana, Museum Stand, Bali (1267)

    Vintage Carving of a Brahmana, Museum Stand, Bali (1267)

    Original price was: $675.00.Current price is: $525.00.
    Ht: 15.5”  W: 8”  D: 5”     |  CALL 213-568-3030 OR EMAIL [email protected] FOR SHIPPING

    Dayu mask of Balinese high-caste female Hindu Brahman, beautiful decorative piece on a museum quality metal stand.

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  • Vintage Dayak Ancestor Mask (Hudoq), Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo) (1200TSK) SPECIAL PRICE

    Vintage Dayak Ancestor Mask (Hudoq), Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo) (1200TSK) SPECIAL PRICE

    $485.00

    The culture, rituals, tribal and ethnic art of the Dayak (Dyak) of Kalimantan (Borneo), Indonesia is a mix of shamanism, animism and ancestor worship. Dyak festival masks worn on the face or large ones attached to a costume repel malicious spirits from entering communal spaces, insure village safety, protect babies in their carriers and defend…

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  • Sale! Vintage Dayak Hudoq Ancestor Mask Featured in Spiderman Movie, Indonesia (1314)

    Vintage Dayak Hudoq Ancestor Mask Featured in Spiderman Movie, Indonesia (1314)

    Original price was: $1,050.00.Current price is: $895.00.
    H: 23.375” W: 13  W: 6” | FOR SHIPPING INFORMATION CONTACT US AT 213-568-3030 or [email protected]

    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.

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  • Vintage Dyak Ancestor Mask Museum Stand, Kalimantan (1300BMK) SPECIAL PRICE

    Vintage Dyak Ancestor Mask Museum Stand, Kalimantan (1300BMK) SPECIAL PRICE

    $675.00

    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…

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  • Sale! Vintage Female Doll in Ceremonial Dress,  China #1301C-EAO

    Vintage Female Doll in Ceremonial Dress, China #1301C-EAO

    Original price was: $195.00.Current price is: $135.00.
    H: 8.75 ”    W: 4  ”    D:3.125  ”    |  FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.!

    This doll is a Chinese opera dancer whose costume decorated with 5-petal plum blossom on the sash symbolizing longevity and, with its 5 petals, a wish for the Five Blessings or Happinesses: prosperity, long life, health, living a virtuous life and dying a natural death.

  • Vintage Javanese Mask of Old Man Featured in Spider Man Movie (1318BER) SPECIAL PRICE

    Vintage Javanese Mask of Old Man Featured in Spider Man Movie (1318BER) SPECIAL PRICE

    $1,050.00

    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,…

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  • Vintage King’s Strong Minister Mask, Bali (1301-18PBE) $125

    Vintage King’s Strong Minister Mask, Bali (1301-18PBE) $125

    $125.00

    This ethnic and folk-art Bali legendary court minister (topeng patih) is performed in a special mask dance named Topeng Panjegan, as only one dancer interprets five different characters wearing full face masks preventing speech. Patih manis (Sweet Minister) is often the first solo dance after a gamelan orchestra introduction, and this patih keras (strong minister)…

  • Sale! Vintage Male Doll Holding a Peach, China #1301A-EAO

    Vintage Male Doll Holding a Peach, China #1301A-EAO

    Original price was: $195.00.Current price is: $135.00.
    H: 9.25″ W: 3.125″ D: 3″ | Free SHipping within continental u.s.!

    Originally mounted on the wood stick between his legs and now inserted to its acrylic stand, this vintage male doll is an attendant offering a huge peach. His large oval head is almost bald and his black hair remains only in a small patches on the sides of his head. He wears a typical colorful folk-art Chinese dance costume: bright red shoes, yellow pants, a greenish-blue coat with florals, a high sequined yellow belt,  and a wide blue sash outlined with silver and gold thread and colored 5-petal silver sequin plum blossoms hanging down to the base evoking a wish for the Five Blessings or Happinesses. It is in very good condition with expected wear and minor paint losses and charming spotting on the face.

  • Vintage Mask of a King (Topeng Dalem), Bali (1301-2FBE) $105

    Vintage Mask of a King (Topeng Dalem), Bali (1301-2FBE) $105

    $105.00

    All ethnic mask (topeng) dances in Bali are accompanied with music from a gamelan percussion orchestra as are dramas and other entertainments considered as offerings to honor, please and attract the favor of the gods and ancestral spirits. In the west dancers put on masks to pretend they are someone else. Balinese dancers become the…

  • Vintage Mask of a Strong Minister (Topeng Keras), Bali (1301-4FBE) $125

    Vintage Mask of a Strong Minister (Topeng Keras), Bali (1301-4FBE) $125

    $125.00

    Court ministers (patih) in Bali, Indonesia are danced in mask (topeng) performances named Topeng Panjegan where a single dancer interprets 5 legendary characters wearing full face masks, cannot speak and much portray them only through gestures and body language and positions. Patih manis (literally sweet, a good natured, diplomatic minister) is often the first solo…

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