Please help identify!

Good morning, i recently found this inside of an abandoned house and am curious. Can someone please help me to identify, used, and maybe the value? thanks

 

Welcome, James.
It is a souvenir from the Philippines. If I remember correctly it represents the divine fire dragon.

 

"Divine?"

AJ, dahling -- I know you are determined to make nice at all possible instances, but...Really! No wonder that house wa abandoned!

 

& as silly as this sounds...that's one of the nicer ones I've seen...!
We've done a thread on those before......

 

Just wait til that thing gets up in the middle of the night and gives you a good nip!

 

Josh had one 3 years ago.... similar..

Filipino-Ifugao-Carved-Wood-Dragon-Demon-Wall-Mask-Philippines-Warrior-Devil

some have horns , some don't




this could be from the same carver......

 

It'll be my downfall, won't it.
In my defense, I was referring to the being it represented. But I agree with komo, I have seen worse, much worse.

 

I gotta remember this guy in October.....for my next pumpkin...
the eyes ..the fangs......it's were I gravitate...

 

I keep expecting it to start singing, "Yo Ho To HO!"

 

you're really expecting this thing to come alive ..., aren't ya ??

 

It isn't?

 

Well let's just say some weird shit has been going in since i brought it into my home. My mom swears it's the mask. I recently found the mask in an old abandoned house and thought it was cool

 

I'll bite............How weird......?

 

biting too. will check back after lunch

 

i just had dinner ......

 

At least you're not starving while you're waiting.

 

I've always been a bit troubled by the term 'abandoned house.' As a farmer, I have buildings scattered here and there. A few are a bit decrepit, but still provide a little dry space for odd things.

Unless you have expressed, preferably written, permission to enter a property, I think people should stay out. Many old restorable buildings have been lost because people did what they wanted to them, under the excuse of 'abandoned.' It also leads to farmers or other owners bulldozing old buildings to avoid liability.

While I celebrate the saving of good old items, it should be done properly. It is a sickening feeling to enter one of your buildings to find that someone has been in it, taking what they wanted.