TEX ESTATE IWO JIMA WW2 USMC VET NATIVE PRIMITIVE LARGE CARVED MASK SO PACIFIC
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TEX ESTATE IWO JIMA WW2 USMC VET NATIVE PRIMITIVE LARGE CARVED MASK SO PACIFIC:
$359.10
FROM TEXAS ESTATE OF A USMC WORLD WAR 2 VETERAN OF IWO JIMA~WILL BE LISTING MORE FROM THIS ESTATE.
YOU ARE offerDING ON AN ORIGINAL LARGE CARVED PRIMITIVE NATIVE WOODEN MASK MOST LIKELY FROM THE SOUTH PACIFIC NATIVES.
BASED ON MY CONVERSATION WITH THE MARINE\'S SON, LATE 60\'S EARLY 70\'S, HE THOUGHT THAT HIS FATHER BROUGHT THIS MASK BACK FROM THE SOUTH PACIFIC AFTER WW2. THEY HAD LIVED IN THE SAME HOME FOR APPROXIMATELY 60 YEARS BEFORE HIS DEATH.
THIS PIECE CAME DIRECTLY OFF THE WALL. ALSO, FROM THE CONVERSATION, WE ARE GUESSING AS TO THE AGE. IT MAY BE OLDER AND WAS MOST LIKELY TRADED FROM THE SOUTH PACIFIC NATIVES. BECAUSE OF THE SIZE, THIS WOULD MAKE A FABULOUS DECORATIVE STATEMENT.
DID FIND SOME WHITE PAINT SMUDGE ON THE REVERSE MOST LIKELY WHEN THE INTERIOR OF THE HOUSE WAS REPAINTED PHOTO 10. WE HAD TO USE A LADDER IN ORDER TO TAKE IT DOWN AS IT WAS HUNG NEAR THE CEILING. FOUND SOME RUBBING ON THE FRONT NEAR NOSE AND LIPS AND WHAT WAS RESIDUAL OF POSSIBLY A COUPLE OF OLD PAINT DRIPS AS SHOWN. PART OF THE CHARM OF THIS PIECE IS THE NATURAL AGING OF THE WOOD. THERE IS SOME CRACKING AND REALLY GREAT KNOT HOLES AS SHOWN. THE MASK DOES MAINTAIN ITS ORIGINAL AS FOUND PATINA. THERE HAS BEEN NO DUSTING OR CLEANING OF THE PIECE. THE LIGHT AREAS ARE DUST. THE WIRES USED TO HANG THIS PIECE ARE FRAYING AND DEFINITELY NEED SOME REINFORCEMENT BEFORE REHANGING. THIS PIECE WOULD ALSO LOOK FABULOUS ON A PEDESTAL WITH A LUCITE STAND.
PLEASE VIEW ALL PHOTOS WITH ZOOM CAPABILITY TO EXAMINE CONDITION. APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS ARE 12\"WIDTH X 25\" HEIGHT GOOD LUCK!
Please ask questions before offerding....winner to initiate PAYPAL at sale end....Texans please add your sales tax....shipped via USPS w/delivery confirmation. Sold as is due to uniqueness and/or condition.Continental U.S. Insurance is included in cost.
Always happy to combine shipping when possible. Please see other estate finds from Arkansas, Deep South and Texas! Thanks for offerding!
TEX ESTATE IWO JIMA WW2 USMC VET NATIVE PRIMITIVE LARGE CARVED MASK SO PACIFIC:
$359.10