AFRICAN COWRIE SHELL AND BEADED HELMETMASKDESCRIPTION: African Cowrie Shell And Beaded Helmet Mask, featuring colorful beads and shell pendant. CIRCA: Late 19th To early 20th Cent. ORIGIN: African DIMENSIONS:...
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ANTIQUE AFRICAN IGBO HELMET MASKDESCRIPTION:An Antique African Igbo helmet mask decorated in black and white polychrome, with carved decorative accents, and mohawk finial. CIRCA: Late 19th to Early 20th Cent. ORIGIN:...
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TWO AFRICAN MAKONDE HELMET MASKSTwoAfrican Makonde Helmet Masks. Carved wood, metal and hair. Provenance: Collection of Allan Stone, New York. Sizes:1) 9'' x 9'' x 7.5'' (23 x 23 x 19 cm); 2) 10'' x 7'' x 8''...
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TWO AFRICAN MAKONDE HELMET MASKSTwoAfrican Makonde Helmet Masks. Carved wood with inset hair, raised scarification, and dark and light surface patination. Provenance: Collection of Allan Stone, New York. Sizes:...
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AFRICAN ZANDE HELMET MASK, DRCAfricanZande Helmet Mask. Carved and paint-decorated wood and rafia. Provenance: The Miles and Shirley Fiterman Collection, Minneapolis, MN. Size: 30.5'' x 15.25'' x 11.5'' (77 x...
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SUKU HEMBA AFRICAN HELMET MASKSuku Hembahelmet mask Democratic Republic of the Congo or Angola. Carved polychrome wood with a raffia collar. Hemba masks are used in a variety of ritual contexts and are said to represent...
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AFRICAN EKOI JANUS HELMET MASKEkoi JanusHelmet Mask. Carved wood mask with one face on either side crowned by a finial in the form of another head with two faces. The Ekoi people also known as Ejagham reside in...
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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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SENUFO FIRESPITTER AFRICAN HELMET MASKCOTE D'IVOIRESenufo Kponyungo Firespitter helmet mask, Cote d'Ivoire. Carved wood with geometric features and pierced holes along the snout. Remnants of polychrome decoration....
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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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GROUP OF 6 AFRICAN CARVED WOOD OBJECTSGroupof six African wooden masks and sculptural figures. Includes one Bambara (Bamana) Chiwara antelope headdress; two masks with polychrome decoration; two wood figures with carved...
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GRP: 5 20TH C. AFRICAN CARVED MASKSGroupof five 20th century African carved wooden masks including one Liberia Dan style mask; one Senufo helmet mask; one Burkina Faso Bwa Hawk Mask; one Nigeria Igbo Mmuo style...
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19TH C. AFRICAN IGBO WOOD HELMET MASKMAIDEN SPIRIT**Originally Listed At $400**
West Africa, Nigeria, Igbo, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A stunning ceremonial wood helmet mask known as a Agbogho mmwo,...
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YAKA AFRICAN HELMET MASK WITH STAND:This mask is used by the Yaka people in their coming of age ceremony in which boys are circumcised. Wood carved masked with polychrome features a bird with eggs and a handle...
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AFRICAN SANDE SOCIETY CARVED WOOD HELMETMASK West African, 20th century. Mende Bundu / Sande society carved wood helmet mask. Possibly from Sierra Leone or Guinea. Unmarked. Approx. h. 13.75"....
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AFRICAN MENDE WOMAN'S FULL HELMET WOODMASKAfrican carved wood full helmet mask, Mende people, Sierra Leone, worn exclusively by women, particularly by women of the Sande Society, devoted to initiate women coming...
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AFRICAN KUBA BWOOM HELMET MASK ON STANDLargeAfrican Kuba Bwoom helmet mask, Democratic Republic of Congo, late 19th/early 20thc., fashioned with pierced copper, carved wood, cowrie shells, seeds, colored trade beads,...
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AFRICAN MAKONDE LIGHT WOOD HELMET MASKEast African, Tanzania, 20th century. Makonde carved wooden helmet mask having ringed neck and raised scarification on a light wood hollowed out stylized face. Provenance:...
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WEST AFRICAN BOBO PEOPLES MOLO HELMETMASK, 55"HWest African helmet mask (molo), Bobo peoples, Burkina Faso, with long horns, plank facial plane, flat nose, approx 55"h, 11"w...
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AFRICAN BEADWORK, COWRIE SHELL AND PAINTEDWOOD HELMET MASK 20TH CENTURY HEIGHT 11.5”. LENGTH 14.5”. WOOD HELMET MASK, 20th Century, Dimensions: Height 11.5". Length 14.5"....
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FOUR AFRICAN MASKS 20th century, includinga Kuba Pwoom Itok helmet mask; a Dan mask decorated with red flannel, aluminum, and animal hair; a Guere mask, painted and decorated with grass and animal hair; and a Gouro...
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THREE AFRICAN TRIBAL WOOD MASKS: 17.5"HHELMET MA helmet mask (Bundu), Mende peoples, Sierra Leone; 18" Bamum head mask, Mamum ethnic group of Cameroon; 13" face mask on wood stand, Chokwe ethic group of the DRC....
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AFRICAN TRIBAL HELMET MASK (BWOOM),KUBA PEOPLES, Kuba peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Sankuru River region; wood, beads, cloth, leather, copper and cowrie shells; 11.75"H....
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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 INITIATION HELMET MASK, MENDE,CIRCA 1900 Mende Peoples, Panguma, Sierra Leone, Pore Hale Society, carved wood with seeds pressed into tar for hair (seeds mostly gone), scarification, off fringe beard,...
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AFRICAN CARVED WOOD HELMET MASK BwaDance Plank Mask, Butterfly Bat, softwood in black, red and ochre, worn on top of head, with concave head rest on underside, 12" x 43" x 4 1/2". Worn, cracked helmet edge....
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AFRICAN HELMET MASK Kponyungo Poro OxMask, Senufo, Ivory Coast, Northern Africa and the Sahel, with mirrored eyes, carved wood in red and black paint, mid 20th c., 16 1/2" x 8" x 12". Snout trimmed to allow vertical...
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AFRICAN ANIMAL HELMET MASK Karumba AdoneAntelope Helmet Mask, Mali , carved wood with brass applique, beads and fiber, 39" x 14" x 7"....
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AFRICAN BAMUM CARVED WOOD HELMET MASKAfrican, Bamum people of Cameroon, hand-carved hardwood Janiform helmet mask with three faces, the standing sculpture with reticulated coiffure. 23" H x 12" W x 11" D....
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AFRICAN MENDE BUNDU / SOWEI WOOD HELMETMASK African Bundu / Sowei helmet mask, likely Mende people of Sierra Leone, possibly 20th century, hand-carved wood with stacked human images of male and female figures....
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AFRICAN IGBO AGBOGHO MMUO HELMET MASKAfrican, Igbo people of Nigeria, hand-carved and polychrome painted wood helmet mask depicting the head of a maiden spirit [Agbogho Mmuo] with an elaborate coiffure including...
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PROBABLY LUBA CONGOLESE, AFRICAN CARVEDWOOD FIGURAL INITIATION HELMET MASK, H 14 IN. (35.6 CM.)Probably Luba Congolese, African Carved Wood Figural Initiation Helmet Mask,, Dimensions: H 14 in. (35.6 cm.)...
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FOUR AFRICAN CARVED WOOD MASKS 20thcentury, including a Dogon child-size mask from Mali, with figural crest; a Makonde helmet mask, from Tanzania, portraying an old woman; a Cjokwe style mask; and a Kuba style...
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THREE AFRICAN MASKS All 20th century,including a Gouro painted helmet mask with a composite human and animal face, with allegorical figures of snakes and birds, showing signs of age and use; a Baule painted wood...
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4 CARVED AFRICAN HELMET MASKS: 24''x 11'' x 10'' 7 lbs. 11'' x 11'' x 12'' 3 lbs. 10'' x 8'' x 12'' 1.5 lbs. & 20'' x 13'' x 11'' 14 lbs.CONDITION: One mask has damage to eyelid. Note all items from this estate...
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