A Decorative Set of Three Early 20thC Indonesian Carved & Painted Hardwood Topeng Theatre Masks sub-Curios The mark mentioning botany would

The mark mentioning botany would suggest that this example may well have been part of a large museums or institutions inventory at one time

A highly desirable nugget of iconic mid-century exhibition artwork and also a very scarce piece of ephemera

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A Decorative Set of Three Early 20thC Indonesian Carved & Painted Hardwood Topeng Theatre Masks sub-Curios The mark mentioning botany wouldOrigin: Indonesian Period: Early Mid Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1920 40 Largest: 5. 5 inches x 5. 5 inches Two Smaller: 5. 25 x 4. 5 inches The set of three ruby, ebony and ivory painted hardwood masks in the grotesque style with expressive overtly stylised faces and accentuated features, large googly eyes, broad eyebrows and varying shaped oversized noses, all having moustaches and designed to cover the top half of an adult face