Protective Mask
Ptreocarpus indicus wood
Amanatun District
West Timor
8" X 7.5"
502grams
REF#MA501
Mask Pterocarpus Indicus Wood
Amanatun District - West Timor
15" X 9" X 2.75" - 1.8kg
REF#MA18
Protective Ancestor Mask
Amanuban District
Eucayptus Wood
12.5" X 10.5" X 2"
726 grams
REF#MA726
Protective Mask
Highland Atoni People
West Timor
14.25" X 10" X 4.5"
1.245 kg
REF#MA1245
Protective Mask
Amanuban District
Highland Atoni People
West Timor
12" X 8.25" X 3.5"
1.290kg - packed weight 1.7 kg
Mid to late 20th C
This protective mask from the highlands has been knife finished using the most rudimentary of tools. The patina is mature and there are some residual pigments highlighting the eyebrow area. What looks like a chip out of the chin is actually part of the grain in the wood.
REF#TIM 1283
Protective Mask
Amanuban District
Highland Atoni People
West Timor
11.5" X 11" X 4.25"
1.286kg - packed weight 1.7 kg
Mid to late 20th C
This protective mask from the highlands has been knife finished using the most rudimentary of tools. The patina is mature and the artifact is in excellent condition
REF#TIM1286
Protective Mask
Ptreocarpus indicus wood
Highland Atoni People
Amanatun District
West Timor
13" X 8.5
454 grams
REF#MA452
Protective Ancestor Mask
Pterocarpus Indicus Wood
10.5" X 7" X 4.5"
1145 grams
REF#MA145
Ancestor Mask
Highland Atoni People - West Timor
11.5" X 8" X 3.75" - 970 grams
Pterocarpus Indicus Wood
Nice patina on this freestanding mask made to placed to protect a person or place.
REF#MAT970
Protective Ancestor Mask
Rosewood
13.5" X 8.5"
1.1kg
Late 20th C
This massive rosewood mask is embelished with totemic carving. A variation of the "kaif" motif, symbol of kinship and power on the chin and a crocodile "bessi", iconography associated with the ancestors on the forehead.
Massive masks such as this would be made to be placed, to protect a person or a place.
REF#MAT11
Protective Mask
Ptreocarpus indicus wood
Highland Atoni People
Oienlassi Village
West Timor
8 " X 7.5 X 2.5"
375 grams
REF#MAT395
Protective Mask
Ptreocarpus indicus wood
Highland Atoni People
Oienlassi Village
West Timor 11.25" " X 7 X 1.75"
295 grams
REF#MA299