An Attractive Mid 20thC North African Polychrome Carved Wooden Ceremonial Face Mask sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles it spread to other parts

it spread to other parts of Asia

Having prominent hand etched lettering in gilt with double borders

Elsewhere across the world in the year of 1790

He now needs a new home and can just as easily be hung or sat upon a table and if you listen carefully enough you can hear him from time to time taking off Victorian policemen with aplomb

An Attractive Mid 20thC North African Polychrome Carved Wooden Ceremonial Face Mask sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles it spread to other partsOrigin: 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