An Unusual 19thC Painted Tribal Mask sub-Curios darkly decorative

darkly decorative

nursed with tender care

London's Hyde Park was the site of an informal pet's cemetery between 1881 and 1903 in the gatekeeper's garden

There is an old paper sticker to the reverse that reads “decorazione a mano art

An Unusual 19thC Painted Tribal Mask sub-Curios darkly decorativeOrigin: Congolese or Himalayan Period: Mid Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1860 90 Height: 11. 5 inches Width: 7 inches The unusual nineteenth century painted mask with mouth and eye cavities, pierced holes to edges and applied dot decoration in buff and ochre survives from possibly from the Congo or the Himalayan area. The mask has expected wear to its paintwork, heavy in some places making it very decorative. The unusual