An Attractive Mid 20thC North African Polychrome Carved Wooden Ceremonial Face Mask sub-Antiques with personal and humorous annotations

with personal and humorous annotations by a later hand

especially the lily

and of a more Italian or French Empire style

A versatile combination that carries wholesome farmhouse appeal to today’s contemporary kitchen

An Attractive Mid 20thC North African Polychrome Carved Wooden Ceremonial Face Mask sub-Antiques with personal and humorous annotationsOrigin: Moroccan Period: Mid Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1940 60 Height: 15. 5 inches Width: 6. 5 inches Depth: 5 inches (all at maximum) The ceremonial carved wood dance mask having a domed oval face with slit eyes, long aquiline nose and mouth, polychrome covered with an ebony and ivory pigment, surmounted with pecking bird headdress. The mask is in superb overall order with only small scuffs and softened wear to edgings