Decorative ornament (11) - Ethnic handicrafts batch

Moroccan tribal masks hand-carved in stone.
Carved in soapstone (or steatite), a soft texture and easy to carve to achieve detail in the geometric engravings, such as the intersecting lines on the forehead or the pattern of the edge surrounding the face.
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Polished Orthoceras fossil, Morocco; an extinct genus of cephalopod mollusk that lived hundreds of millions of years ago.
Internal chambers: The successive vertical lines show the ancient chambers where the animal lived and controlled its buoyancy.
Matrix: The dark rock that surrounds the fossil is usually black limestone, very typical of Moroccan deposits.
Cut and polished thoroughly to highlight the contrast between the white, crystallized shell (often calcite) and the dark rock.
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Agate slab, a variety of chalcedony quartz characterized by concentric bands of different colors.
It is a semi-precious mineral that forms inside cavities in volcanic rocks.
Translucency: light passes through the mineral, highlighting its internal structure.
Circular lines show the different stages in which the mineral was deposited millions of years ago.
Rough outer crust is the original exterior part of the geode before it is cut and polished.
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Figure of an African hippopotamus reclining carved in wood
Kenyan artisanal piece made from dark solid wood (ironwood or ebony) with a polished, glossy surface that highlights the natural grain of the material.
Stylized, minimalist line represents the animal resting, capturing its robust and curved form in a very organic way.
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Figure of a sea turtle carved in dark brown or black wood, with hand-carved details on both the shell and the flippers. Handicraft made with dense, heavy wood. Katalox (Mexican Royal Ebony) with a very dark purple tone that, with time and oxidation, becomes completely black
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Cruz del Priorato de Gallen, famous depiction of Celtic art from an ancient monastic site dating to the 5th century in Ireland.
Decorative reproduction in cold-cast bronze style, originally designed by sculptor Kathleen Smyth from the original 8th-century stone cross located at Gallen Priory.
For the Irish artisanal firm Wild Goose Studio.

Celtic symbolism and design
Iconography that fuses pagan and Christian elements:

Made with cold-cast resin (cold cast) that blends bronze powder with resin; once dry, the piece is hand-polished to give it a metallic shine and it is given a patina to age it and resemble ancient metal.
Includes an explanatory label on the back with the spiritual meaning of the design.
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Aztec Sun Stone, (or Aztec calendar), decorative reproduction made in artisanal workshops in Teotihuacan, Mexico with resin and green malachite powder.
It is divided into several concentric circles that narrate the cosmogony of this civilization:

The Fifth Sun
The four previous ages
The Circle of the Days
the 20 days of the Aztec month according to their sacred calendar
The sun’s rays and the fire serpents
the cardinal directions and the bodies of two fire serpents.
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“Maya Eagle Beak Mask,” decorative plaque made in ceramic or artisanal resin, inspired by Mesoamerican art. The central element represents the face of a warrior or a pre-Columbian deity, characterized by a large headdress with eagle motifs and circular ear pendants, surrounded by a border of concentric geometric motifs inspired by Mesoamerican calendars.
This type of piece is produced as folk art in Mexico, following the traditional clay or resin style with patinated finishes.
Handcrafted in Texcoco, Mexico. Made in fired clay ceramic or resin with a patinated finish that imitates ancient bronze or copper.
Represents a Maya or Aztec figure wearing a ceremonial headdress with an eagle head and expanded ear ornaments.
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hand-molded leather pirate mask.
carved and embossed leather.
Handmade and hand-painted with genuine vegetable-tanned leather and special leather dyes.
Being artisanal, it is also unique.
Represents a fantastical male face associated with a pirate. Large expressive eyes, a full mustache and a textured beard made of cut strips.
Vintage piece of folk art and ethnic style for decoration.
Bought in the 1990s at a Dominican Republic craft market where wet molding leather shaping was popular during the 1980s-90s