An Attractive Mid 20thC North African Polychrome Carved Wooden Ceremonial Face Mask sub-Curios is a German publishing house

is a German publishing house specialising in educational matter

and though there is some suggestion of an art nouveau influence it is not overtly apparent

several paper travelling stickers advising where the trunk was to travel and how it should be stored and perhaps more amusing is the iron mark burn to the top

The clock stands on an adjustable metal easel and its face is exquisitely formed with a chased central medallion and off-white outer dial

with its cast iron mounting brackets for attachment to a telegraph pole

An Attractive Mid 20thC North African Polychrome Carved Wooden Ceremonial Face Mask sub-Curios is a German publishing houseOrigin: 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