Stone Mask

Stone mask from the pre-ceramic neolithic period dating to 7000 BC and possibly the oldest mask in the world. 

From the Musée de la Bible et de la Terre Sainte.

Clint Benedict Needed A Mask for His Broken Nose

In 1929, Montreal Maroons’ goaltender Clint Benedict wore a Hannibal-Lecter-like leather mask to protect his broken nose.

More masks here.

Dancing Man

Available here.

Pre-Super Bowl

Circa 1920's full-face executioner style leather football helmet.

Stone Mask

Auction house description: Pre-Columbian, Aguada Culture, Argentina, ca. 1000 CE. An important and dramatic minimalist stone mask of this rare culture hardly known to us due to its lack of monumental architecture. Its mouth is pointed because it’s a shamanic mask of a "life-giver," life that is blown by a shaman into matter that needs healing. 10"H x 9"W.

Provenance: Ex-Ron Messick Gallery, Santa Fe, NM.

Available at Antiquities Salesroom.

A Cowichan Mask

Available here.

Circa 1920's Ice Cream Advertising Mask

Sold on eBay for $25.16.

Meteorite

Auction house description: GIBEON MASK - AN INCOMPARABLE IRON METEORITE
Iron, fine octahedrite - IVA 
Great Nama Land, Namibia - (25° 30'S, 18° 0'E)
Closing out the Gibeon section is arguably the most aesthetic iron meteorite known to exist. In 1992, indigenous tribesmen in Namibia's Kalahari recovered this matchless specimen with the aid of a metal detector. It is extremely rare for meteorites to have naturally formed holes, and rarer still when the holes are positioned in the matrix in such a way as to yield a magnificent aesthetic specimen-let alone the highly zoomorphic example seen here. Defined by the two adjacent hollows that perforate its mass and separated by perfectly sculpted ridges, there is an exquisite asymmetric balance between this meteorite's two sides: the outward flanging of one side is offset by the larger hollow and more prominent opposing crest.
In addition to the mechanisms involved in the shaping of aesthetic iron meteorites described in the previous lot, there is one other critical detail that was of particular significance to the current example: the moment of extraction from beneath the Earth's surface. If removed several hundred years earlier, this specimen would not have been the perfectly singular zoomorphic evocation before us. If removed several hundred years later, the holes would be far too large and outsized. Adorned with a sumptuous natural patina from its stay in the Kalahari and accompanied by a custom armature and Lucite dome, this is an incomparable meteorite from the finest collection of aesthetic iron meteorites in the world. 195 x 212 x 177mm (7.66 x 8.33 x 7 inches) and 9.37 kilograms (20.66 pounds)
Provenance: The Macovich Collection, New York City

Available at Heritage Auctions. 

Ancient Native American Shell Mask

Large 8 7/8" Shell Mask found in Gallager Bend, Roane Co, TN.

Sold at Tony Putty Artifacts for $8,500.00 (w/o premium).

World's Oldest Mask

Purportedly the world's oldest mask is set to go to auction on June 8th at Christie's. This Judean Desert Limestone Mask is circa 7th Millennium B.C.

Here's the auction house description:
A JUDEAN DESERT LIMESTONE MASK
PRE-POTTERY NEOLITHIC B, CIRCA 7TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
Fashioned to resemble a human skull, oval in form with thick walls, the reverse concave, the cut-out eyes with narrow ridges extending up from their outer corners over the temples, raised cheekbones below with a ridge extending back, the slender triangular nose with two grooves for the nostrils, the lipless oval mouth open, revealing teeth, with five biconical drill holes along the perimeter
9 in. (22.8 cm.) long

Masked Girl in Field?

Or is it a doll? Available here.

Iron Man

Circa 1920's -1930's folk art scarecrow or tin man.

Available at Radio Guy.

Carnival Face

A circa 1940's carnival ball toss board.

Measures 36" tall.

Available here.

"I Wanted Wings"

So do I!

Available at Hake's.

Early 20th Century Clown Mask

Available at Dan Morphy.

Cat Mask

Available here.

"Bonnie, Halloween 1950"

Available here.

Circa 1928 Cast Iron and Glass Mayan Revival Theater Seat End

Available at Urban Remains.

Dealer description:
Rare and unusual c. 1928 fisher building ornamental cast iron interior theater seat end detachable mayan revival style "mask" retaining the original polychrome paint finish. the nose and eyes retain the original amber and clear glass jewels originally illuminated from behind. manufactured by the heywood-wakefield co., garnder, ma. salvaged from the fisher theatre, a unique detroit example of a mayan-style movie palace, during the 1960's. designed by the firm of graven & mayger, the fisher theatre could seat 2,715 in its plush auditorium seats. the interior featured two balconies, an orchestra pit, a 4-manual/36-rank wurlitzer organ, and in the lobby, a goldfish pond, real banana trees, and macaws which patrons could feed by hand while waiting for the next show. in the early-1930's, the theater was operated by paramount-publix and became home to the 40-piece sam benavie orchestra as well as elaborate stage acts. by the 1950's, the stage shows were gone, and the fisher theatre began showing only films. for the last few years of the 1950's, the fisher theatre became a second-run house and screened its final movie "the magnificent seven" in 1960. the next year, the fisher theatre was acquired by the nederlander theatrical corporation, which hired the firm of rapp & rapp to remodel the theater at a cost of nearly $4 million. in the process nearly all traces of the original mayan theme ornament was completely obliterated. Measures 8 x 5 1/2 inches.

Homemade Vader

A circa 1970's homemade cast bronze sculpture of Darth Vader. It's folky manufacture reminds me of an African mask via the Dark Side.

Measures 10"h x 9"w x 2 1/2"d.

Circa 1930's Paper-mâché Robot Mask

Available here. UPDATE: Sold for $384.99