African carved mask

Hello,

I have this African carved mask. Tribal art is not something a know much about so please excuse my lack of knowledge.

It appears to be hand carved, have a bit of age and also remnants of dirt on it. Hence i was wondering is this an authentic piece of tribal art and therefore may hold some value or is it merely a tourist piece? It came with a few other ones, but these all seem to be modern tourist pieces.

Many Thanks
Matt

 

This does look similar. Tiki. I don't know how to tell if yours is old or authentic, though. But it might give you a lead.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/sis.html?...A&_itemId=251354792407&_trksid=p2047675.m4099

 

It looks too much like the elongated Indonesian fantasy masks for me to have any useful opinion.
Taupou will know.

 

as tourist a piece as they come........