Chokwe African Mask

Face Mask, (Mfondo) Lulawa (Lwalu), Democratic Republic of Congo

possibly 20th century

This type of mask represents Mfondo, who's strongly projecting triangular nose is meant to evoke the powerful bill of the hornbill bird. Such masks are thought to have been originally danced as initiations of adolescent boys, as well as a hunting and fertility rites, to propitiate spirits and gain their good will.

17 3/4' x 21 1/2' framed acrylic paint and permanent marker on canvas board.

for sale $385.00

Pendant in African Mask Form, Benin, Nigeria from the middle of the 15th century to the end of the 16th century.

These masks were originally worn on the belt. They were presented to the King of Benin, Oba by neighboring rulers in order to confirm their submission. They were cast with brass or bronze by specialist metal-founders using the lost wax process.

This is painted from a photograph using acrylic paint and marker on canvas board. 

Framed, it measures 17 3/4 3/4" x 21 1/2".  

For sale $385.00

Mblo Portrait African Mask (smooth crown)

This painting is from a photo of masks carved in the late 19th or the early 20th century using acrylic paint and marker on canvas board. They were used in a wide range of celebrations and were danced and performed to entertain. Delicate, symmetrical features, ornate hairstyle, and smooth surface all create an image of calm and grace and are meant to exemplify an ideal of personal beauty and composure. It measures 20" x 25 1/2" framed.  

For Sale $325.00

Grandfather Mask, Allegheny Reservation, New York, 1920-1925

This mask represents the Rim-Dweller, the great spirit at the edge of the world, whose face was permanently twisted in a collision with a moving mountain. It is worn during mid-winter and curing ceremonies in traditional Iroquois rituals. The story of Rim-Dweller is fascinating.  

I used a photograph to paint this acrylic painting on canvas board. 

It measures 17" wide x 20 1/ 2" high with the frame.  

For Sale $350.00.

Nootka Sound Mask Mid-eighteenth Century

The original ceremonial Cedar-wood mask is fringed with human hair and is believed to be once owned by a Nootka shaman. The Nootka believed in the supernatural, 

which they tried to control through rituals.

This mask was painted from a photograph using acrylic paint on canvas board. 

It measures 13" wide x 15 1/2" high framed.  

For sale $225.00

Onondaga Iroquois Medicine Mask, collected in 1850

This medicine mask was already old when collected by Lewis Henry Morgan in 1850. This mask was used in healing ceremonies by the Iroquois and is considered a Curing Face mask.  

I used acrylic paint on canvas board to paint this painting from a photograph. 

Framed this art piece measures 17" wide x 20 1/2" high.  

For sale $350.00

False Face Curing Mask, early 1800

This False Face Curing Mask supposedly belonged to the Seneca Iroquois Chief Cornplanter at the time of his death, in 1836, at the age of 104. This mask was used in healing ceremonies.

I used acrylic paint to create this painting on canvas from a photograph. 

It measures 17" wide x 20 1/2" high framed and matted. 

It has a wire on the back for hanging. $350.00. 

Not for sale at this time.

Onondaga Iroquois Mask, 1930

The original mask had deerskin eyebrows and horsehair mane. This is a beggar mask that flitted from tree to tree and rummaged in campfires and begged for cornmeal. 

It is a Curing Face Mask that played a part in the 

Mid-winter ceremony to rid the houses of evil, cold and illness.

I used pastels on paper to create this art piece. 

Framed it measures 18" wide x 23 1/2" high. 

$425.00. It is not For Sale at this time.