EARLY 20TH C. AFRICAN CEREMONIAL MASKEarly20th Century African Yoruba (Benin) Carved Wood and Pigmented Ceremonial Mask with Natural Animal Hair Embellishment Presented on a Wall Hanging Backing. Mask measures 12"...
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A YORUBA TEXTILE AND COWRIE SHELL HOUSEOF THE HEAD (ILE ORI) A Yoruba textile and cowrie shell house of the head (ile ori), raised on stand, 14"h (mask), 22"(overall)...
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AFRICAN FIGURAL GELEDE MASK, YORUBA,NIGERIA Later 20th century; presenting the head of a young woman, bearing a large drum-form container with removable lid; carved wood and colored pigments, 16 1/2 in. H. overall,...
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AFRICAN GELEDE WOOD FESTIVAL RITUALHELMET MASKAfrican Gelede wood festival/ritual helmet mask, Yoruba Peoples, Nigeria, featuring kneeling female figure, atop pigmented head cap with shaved hair, detailed...
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YORUBA BEADED SASH Yoruba beaded sash,Nigeria, with elephant and mask decoration and embellished with cowrie shells, 49.5"(overall) x 6"w....
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AFRICAN BAMANA NTOMO MASK AND YORUBAMASKBamana Ntomo Mask and a Yoruba Janiform Mask. Carved and paint decorated wood. Provenance: Collection of Allan Stone, New York. Size: 1) 10'' x 10'' x 10'' (25 x 25 x...
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AFRICAN YORUBA BODY MASKAfrican YorubaBody Mask. Carved and paint decorated wood. Provenance: Collection of Allan Stone, New York. Size: 25'' x 74'' x 8'' (64 x 188 x 20 cm). Please Note: There Are No Hidden or...
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AFRICAN YORUBA BODY MASKAfrican YorubaBody Mask. Carved and red painted wood with articulated scarification and anatomy. Provenance: Collection of Allan Stone, New York. Size: 19'' x 10'' x 9.5'' (48 x 25 x 24...
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AN AFRICAN BEADED BOX WITH LID, YORUBA,NIGERIA, MID/LA... NIGERIA, MID/LATE 20TH CENTURY, of cylindrical form, with colorfully beaded bands of stylized lizards, ants, masks and geometric forms, surmounted by a...
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MASSIVE AFRICAN YORUBA EPA HELMET MASKYorubaEpa helmet mask Nigeria. The Janus faced helmet mask is surmounted by a highly detailed figural superstructure with a large central female figure with an elaborate hairstyle...
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MASSIVE AFRICAN YORUBA EPA HELMET MASKYorubaEpa helmet mask, Nigeria. The Janus faced helmet mask is surmounted by a highly detailed figural superstructure with a large central female figure with an elaborate hairstyle...
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LARGE NIGERIAN POLYCHROME YORUBA GELEDEMASKOffered in this lot is a Large Nigerian Polychrome Yoruba Gelede Mask, circa Early - Mid 20th Century. The western Yoruba people practice the Efe/Gelede cult to celebrate...
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YORUBA PEOPLES, CARVED GELEDE MASK,EX-MUSEUM Likely first quarter 20th c., Ohori Region, Nigeria, polychrome painted wood, depicting a super male with long animal-like ears, carved facial scars, bared teeth,...
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(2) AFRICAN CARVED AND PAINTED WOODMASKS Including a Senufo style horned Fire Spitter mask, Ivory Coast, 32"h; and a Yoruba Gelede Society mask, Nigeria, 12"h x 8.5"w...
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WEST AFRICAN YORUBA STYLE BEADED THRONECHAIR African, 20th century. Nigerian Yoruba style elaborately beaded throne chair having animal, mask, and geometric motif. Unmarked. Approx. h. 33.25", w. 25.5", d. 28"....
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AFRICAN YORUBA CARVED WOOD MATERNITYFIGURE 68"HAfrican tribal carved wood maternity figure,Yoruba People, Nigeria, female figure with cowrie shell earrings, holding two children, standing on double-sided mask...
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(2) AFRICAN CARVED WOOD MASKS, PUNU& YORUBA(lot of 2) African carved wood masks, including: (1) Yoruba People, Nigeria, Benin, Togo, part of Ghana, nicely cared with exaggerated facial features, a carved rabbit...
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A Group of Three Helmet Masks from Tribesof West Africa
20TH CENTURY
including a Helmet Mask from the Mende people of Sierra Leone, and a Gelede Mask and an Egungun Mask from the Yoruba people.
Height of tallest...
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2 YORUBA TRIBE MASKSTwo Yoruba Orisha( deity ) masks from Nigeria. One brown with facial markings and head adornments: 6 7/8" H x 8 3/4" L. One with crown and blue eyes: 11 5/8" H x 8 3/4" D x 10 5/8" W....
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AFRICAN TRIBAL CARVINGSFOUR AFRICANTRIBAL CARVINGS: 1) bust clay tobacco pipe on iron stand, Bamum people, Cameroon, 17"H; 2) male effigy figure, Yoruba people, western Africa, 12"H; 3) Dan mask, Mande ethnic...
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SELECTION OF SIX AFRICAN MASKS 20thcentury, including two Lega masks, a Punu mask, and a Yoruba gelede mask with bird crest....
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THREE AFRICAN WOOD CARVINGS Comprisinga Luba figural bowl; a Yoruba bowl on a figural pedestal; and a Yoruba bowl on a mask-form base....
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TWO AFRICAN CARVED AND PAINTED WOODTRIBAL FIGURES TRIBAL FIGURES: Epa nursing female figure helmet mask, Yoruba peoples, southwestern Nigeria, 48.75"H; standing male figure, the Urhobo peoples, southern Nigeria,...
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TWO AFRICAN TRIBAL WOOD CARVINGS: YORUBASHRINE HTWO AFRICAN TRIBAL WOOD CARVINGS: Yoruba shrine head on square ebonized wood plinth, Yoruba people, Nigeria, 20.25"H; kifwebe mask on stand, the Songye people of the...
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TWO AFRICAN CARVED AND PAINTED WOODTRIBAL FIGURES TRIBAL FIGURES: Epa nursing female figure helmet mask, Yoruba peoples, southwestern Nigeria, 48.75"H; standing male figure, the Urhobo peoples, southern Nigeria,...
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THREE AFRICAN TRIBAL WOOD MASKS: 25"LHELMET MASK helmet mask (Nyachi), Kuba people, Kete group, Sankuru River region, DRC; 10"L helmet mask (Gelede), Yoruba people of Nigeria; Kifwebe mask, Songye people, DRC....
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AFRICAN HELMET MASK Epa Yoruba Old MaternityFigure Helmet Mask, with partial figure of a baby, in remnants of paint, 19th c., Nigeria, 22" tall, 9 1/2" x 6 3/4". Great age patina....
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AFRICAN MASK Ekita-Yoruba Mask in carvedand painted wood with three figures, fully modeled, facing at center is a mother with lowered slit eyes, seated in profile at each side at the top of her head are a male and...
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COLLECTION VINTAGE AFRICAN ARTIFACTS(9) pieces, some possibly antique, includes Yoruba Twin figures, a Bamileke peoples, Cameroon, terra cotta offering bowl, 8"h x 7"dia; a thumb piano, 10"l x 4.5"w; a mask,...
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A YORUBA "APA IFA" DIVINER'S BEADEDLEATHER AND CLOTH BAGA Yoruba "Apa Ifa" diviner's beaded leather and cloth bag, Early/mid-20th Century, Yoruba Peoples, Nigeria, Africa The shadowbox-framed bag with three...
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YORUBA POLYCHROME PAINTED WOODEN CARVINGAfrican, Yoruba people of Nigeria, carved hardwood figural headdress element depicting an elongated conical head with remnants of multicolor paint, upon a circular base with...
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A Pair of Wooden African DivinationTrays Carved wood with mask details. The divination tray is used by the Yoruba people of West Africa for fortune telling by priests or priestesses in a ceremony using a whisk...
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An African Yoruba Ceremonial King ObaBeaded Crown Nigeria Early 20th Century Hollowed cylindrical shape headpiece decorated with multi-color glass beads attached to fiber backing elaborately embellished with...
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YORUBA GELEDE FESTIVAL MASK of woodwith a carved face surmounted with a hat blue and white paint made to honor the ''mothers' placate the ''witches'' in the community and overall promote fertility from Nigeria...
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An Important Yoruba Carved and PaintedWood Gelede Helmut and Body Mask Ensemble Nigeria the hollow head crowned with an openwork "cage" comprised of snakes lizards birds and fish the drum form hollow torso carved...
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Six African carved wood masks and twoother art objects the masks include Pende Kuba Lega Songye Senufo and Yaoure; together with a Yoruba ibeji twin figure and an ''Ashanti'' head Estimate $ 150-250...
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