An Attractive Mid 20thC North African Polychrome Carved Wooden Ceremonial Face Mask sub-Antiques With regard to the flags

With regard to the flags

Papier mâché became an industry in England in 1772 when Henry Clay of Birmingham took out a patent for its making and as a result produced the inexpensive plastic of its time

Base Diameter: 1

and of a more Italian or French Empire style

Tim was preserved by his daughters

An Attractive Mid 20thC North African Polychrome Carved Wooden Ceremonial Face Mask sub-Antiques With regard to the flagsOrigin: 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