EXCEPTIONAL OLD NATIVE AMERICAN?? TRIBE PAINTED LEATHER ' CEREMONIAL BIRD ' MASK
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| Reference Number: Avaluer:5254955 |
OUT OF MY PERSONAL COLLECTION I AM OFFERING TO YOU THIS EXCEPTIONAL OLD NATIVE AMERICAN?? 'HAND TOOLED 'LEATHER & HAND PAINTED CEREMONIAL ' BIRD ' MASK.- I DO NOT REALLY KNOW WHAT TRIBE THIS IS FROM??- THE ' BIRD MASK IS ABSOLUTELY EXCEPTIONAL IN DETAILS! WOW! GREAT DARK GREEN/ BLACK AND BROWN! NICELY HAND DONE, FOR THE PHOTOS CAN SPEAK BETTER THAN I DO! A PHOTO TAKEN WITH 'THE FLASH OFF TO TRY AND CAPTURE THE MORE TRUE COLORS! THE 'FRONT MIDDLE SIDES HAVE A HOLE..., FOR LONG GONE WAS 'A CORD TIE ?? THERE. THE 'LEATHER IS HARDENED & VERY STIFF. THERE IS 'A SCRATCH ON THE 'GREEN PAINT ABOVE THE 'EYE RIGHT SIDE, 'TINY PITS IN THE LEATHER IN AREAS & 'AGED DIRT ON THE MASK AS PHOTOED. FOR WHEN I BOUGHT THIS YEARS AGO IT WAS VERY DULL & DIRTY, I USED LEATHER CONDITIONER TO TRY & CLEAN UP. THE 'UPPER BACK OF THE MASK HAS A 'SOFT BLACK LEATHER HALF CIRCLE, WITH THE 'UPPER LEFT SIDE BEING SLIGHTLY BUNCHED UP & A 'HOLE IN THE MIDDLE IN WHICH I PUT A BLACK TWIST WIRE THROUGH TO HANG ON THE WALL! THERE ARE 'DARK DISCOLORATION AREAS & A 'GOUGE IN THE 'UPPER MIDDLE & GREEN & BLACK PAINT ON THE LEATHER AS PHOTOED AS WELL! THE 'SIZES ARE PHOTOED, THE ' WIDTH OF THE -BILL MEASURES- 1 1/3", THE 'LENGTH OF THE -BILL MEASURES- 4", THE ' EARS -CIRCUMFERENCE MEASURES- 4", THE 'EARS -WIDTH MEASURES- 1 1/3", THE 'WIDTH OF THE -EYE HOLES MEASURES- 2", THE - 'HEIGHT MEASURES- 2/3", THE - 'CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE MASK MEASURES- 25", THE -'HEIGHT MEASURES- 6 1/2". A OLD MUSEUM QUALITY PIECE! WOW! VERY UNIQUE! A MUST HAVE FOR YOUR PERSONAL COLLECTION! NICELY HAND MADE! I DO COMBINE SHIPPING AND - ( ALL SALES ARE FINAL!! ) -
