Hidden Identities: Tribal Masks

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Hidden Identities

Hidden Identities: Tribal Masks

Africa - Cameroon

Bamileke Buffalo Head, 19th Century

Beads sewn onto natural fibre cover over carved wood buffalo Wood, glass trade beads, cord H: 29.5 inches

Provenance

Ex Prince Amadou N’joya, Cameroon. Purchased in mid 1980

Published and Exhibited

African Beadwork, Traditional Symbols, Tambaran Gallery, NY 1991 p.48

North America - Alaska

Bear or Wolf Mask, Eskimo, Anvik 19th Century, Wood, pigment

8.5 x 14 inches

Provenance

Ex Heye Foundation – Museum of the American Indian, Inv.# 10/8074

Ex Julius Carlebach, NY, 1944 Private Collection, Santa Fe, NM

Sold to Rene Dharnoncourt Sold bak to Julius Carlebach

Ex Ziff Family Collection, New York

Ex James Economos Collection, Santa Fe NM to present owner

Description

Wood mask of a bear or wolf with pigment\This lively face mask represents a wolf and is carved from two separate pieces of wood, joint together at the jaw. The original ears and teeth attachments are projecting outward, giving the mask a whimsical appearance.

Polychrome pigments to animate the facial features, startling white patterns outline the pierced triangular eyes, delineate the nostrils and light up widely spaced teeth in a mocking smile.

North America - Alaska

St Laurence Island or St Michael Island

Eskimo Deer Or Wolverine Mask, 1880’s – 1890’s

Spruce or pine wood, trace of white pigment, black Paint

H:7.75 inches

Provenance

Ex Dorothy J. Ray Collection.

Similar Example In The Sheldon Jackson Museum, Sitka, Alaska

Exhibited

TEFAF 2017 NFS

Loaned anonymously at the show “Upside down, Arctic Realities” De Menil Collection

April 15 to July, 17, 2011

North America - Alaska

Seal Mask, Circa 1890

Nushgak region wood, pigments, and natural fiber

15 x 17 x 3 inches

Provenance

Private Collection, New York

Oceania - Papua New Guinea

Wooden plaque with a carved face and several hook, 19/20century

Wood and black, white, orange natural pigments

24.5 x 9 x 5 inches

Provenance

Ex Philip Goldman, London Ex John Freide, New York

Privately owned since 2014

Oceania - Papua New Guinea

Tatanua Mask, 19th Century

Wood pigment, lime, natural plant fibre, operculum shells

14 x 14 x 5.5 inches

Provenance

Ex J. J. Klejman, New York

Oceania - Papua New Guinea

Miniature Flute Mask

19th Century/Early 20th Century

Wood and raffia

H: 18.25 inches

Provenance

Private Collection, England

Collection of Jean Baptiste Bacquart, London Important Private Collection Purchased in 2014

Oceania - Papua New Guinea

Washkuk Mindja-ma Koma, 19th Century

Red, Blak, White Pigment

9 inches (height)

Provenance

Private Collection, New York

Oceania - Papua New Guinea

Boar Effigy Mask, 19th Century

Wood, ochre black and white pigment, operculum shell

30 x 11.5 inches

Provenance

Ex Alain Schoffel, Paris, France

Ex Daniel Cordier, Bordeaux, France

Ex Lance Entwistle, Paris, France and London, UK

Ex Ziff Family Collection, New York, 1993

Africa - Ivory Coast

Provenance

Ex Private Collection, France

Dan Mask (Go Ge), 19th Century

Wood, fiber, glossy black patina

14 x 9 inches

Africa - Democratic Republic of the Congo

Songye Mask , 19th Century

Wood, black ochre, white pigment

18.25 inches (height)

Provenance

Ex Merton Simpson, New York, 1960

Ex Mr & Mrs Bernard, New York

Ex Allan Stone Gallery, New

Ex York Mr & Mrs M. Steinhart, New York Thomas Perkins, San Francisco

Africa - Nigeria

Antelope (Karikpo) Ogoni Mask, 19th Century

Ceremonial Dance Mask

Wood, koalin, black pigment, fine patina

H: 29.53 inches (height)

Provenance

Galerie Monbrison, Paris, France

Hubert Goldet, Paris, France

Lance Entwistle, Paris, France and London, UK

Ziff Family Collection, New York, USA

Africa - Gabon

Punu Mask, 19th Century Wood, Kaolin pigment 12.5 inches (height)

Provenance

Collected in situ by the colonial administrator Octave M. (1885-1976) between 1913 and 1934

Private Collection, acquired by descent

Africa - Cameroon

Female Bamoun Mask, 19 century Wood

12 x 18 x 10 inches

Provenance

Ex Sylvie Decamp, France

Africa - Angola

Chokwe Mwano Pwo Mask, 19th Century

Wood, plaited fiber strands, red clay

7 inches (height)

Provenance

Ex-private Collection, New York

Africa - Democratic Republic of the Congo

Bwami Mask, c. 1880

Lega People

Wood, Kaolin clay, fiber beard

19 inches in length including fibers (11 1⁄2 inches in length not including fibers)

Provenance

Ex Collection Joseph Herman, Suffolk, UK

Private Collection, New York