Pacific NW Native American Carved Wood Large Mask Frog Shaman R. Dudley 1996

Today we're offering a stunning hand-carved, tribal mask made in the NW Coastal Native tradition by carver, Raymond Dudley, a resident of Washington state. Ray began working on wood sculpture in 1991. He apprenticed with Loren White and Nuu-Chah-Nulth carver Hyacinth Joe David. He is a member of the Founding Artist Circle of the Bill Holm Center for the Study of Northwest Coast Art at the University of Washington. His work can be found in private collections throughout the U.

Canada, Ireland and is displayed in galleries in Seattle, Port Townsend, WA, Bainbridge Island, WA and Skagway, AL. This carving belongs to the Doran family of N. Washington who spent years assembling a (primarily) NW Native American collection. Along with Indian baskets, there are carvings, bead-work and various other artifacts that make up this wonderful collection. It is our privilege to be able to offer this collection to you on their behalf.

So please save us to your favorite sellers list so that you'll be notified as we add new listings. We have contacted the artist, who tells us the name of this carving is "Frog Shaman" from 1996. It is carved from either alder or poplar with real human hair. The fantastic "teeth" are made from Opercula, a gastropod living here in NW coastal waters. The colors are red, green and black. It is quite large and impressive especially the teeth! It measures 16" tall by 13" wide.

It has a deer hide cord for hanging and is signed as shown. There are a couple of cracks as pictured, not unusual as wood ages.

Please examine pictures carefully and feel free to ask questions. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Cultures & Ethnicities\Native American: US\Non-Native American Crafts". The seller is "patradingpost" and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Mexico, Germany, Japan, France, Australia, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Sweden, Korea, South, Indonesia, South Africa, Belgium, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Austria, Bahamas, New Zealand, Singapore, Norway, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Croatia, Republic of, Malaysia, Chile, Colombia, Panama, Jamaica, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei Darussalam, Bolivia, Egypt, French Guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macau, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, Uruguay.