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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TABWA PEOPLE CARVED HELMET MASKA TabwaPeople carved helmet mask, Democratic Republic of Congo, protruding lips and nose, heavy hair cap with striation, and an overall light brown patination. Stand not included....
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SUKU PEOPLE CARVED MASKA Suku Peoplecarved helmet mask, Southern Democratic Republic of Congo, a good mask in ash grey pigment with a full raffia neck curtain. Stand not included. 15" X 11" X 13"....
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CROSS RIVER REGION, NIGERIA, PROBABLYEJAGHAM OR BOKI PEOPLES HELMET MASK, PROBABLY SECOND HALF 20TH CENTURY Cross River Region, Nigeria, probably Ejagham or Boki peoples helmet mask, probably second half 20th...
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HELMET MASK, "LIPIKO", MAKONDE PEOPLE,TANZANIA OR MOZA...Helmet Mask, "lipiko" wood, hair, Makonde people; Tanzania or Mozambique, Africa. It would be kept in a small hut behind the village elder's home and shown...
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HELMET MASK, "LIPIKO", MAKONDE PEOPLE,TANZANIA OR MOZA...Helmet Mask, "lipiko" wood, hair; Makonde people; Tanzania or Mozambique, Africa. It would be kept in a small hut behind the village elder's home and shown...
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MENDE SANDE SOCIETY HELMET MASKMendeSande Society helmet mask from Sierra Leone; measures approximately 17" tall; please refer to photographs for condition.
The masks of the Sande society provide a unique example...
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VAI SANDE SOCIETY HELMET MASKVai SandeSociety Helmet mask from Liberia (Sierra Leone) with small head and wicker head piece; measures approximately 16" tall; please refer to photographs for condition.
The masks...
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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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SOWEI HELMET MASKTHIS SOWEI HELMET MASKAPPEARS TO BE MID 19TH CENTURY, BUT OUR EXPERTISE IN THIS FIELD IS LACKING, IT COULD BE EARLIER, BUT WE DO NOT FEEL THAT IT IS LATER, YOU EXPERTS BE YOUR OWN JUDGE AND FEEL...
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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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KUBA PEOPLES, HELMET MASK 20th c., Congo,coconut shell covered in woven reed and cowie shell, adorned with leather-wrapped antelope face, horns, and hair, 10"h x 9"l x 7"w...
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YAKA PEOPLES, KHOLUKA HELMET MASK DRCongo, carved and polychrome painted wood, woven raffia, the house-form helmet paint-decorated with geometric patterns, the front carved with an oval face with upturned nose,...
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IBO (IGBO) PEOPLES HELMET MASK Nigeria,carved and pigmented wood, 8"h x 6"w x 7.5"d...
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AFRICAN MENDE BUNDU CARVED WOOD HELMETMASKAfrican tribal carved wood helmet mask (Bundu), Mende peoples, Sierra Leone, West Africa, high-domed coiffure, small face with delicate features, triangular-shaped chin,...
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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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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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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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SIERRA LEONE MENDE PEOPLE CARVED ANDINCISED WOOD HELMET MASK INCISED WOOD HELMET MASK, facial features surmounted by a stylized coiffure, h: 17 x dia: 9 in....
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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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TRIBAL WOOD MASK COLLECTION (9): 2 DANMASKS, THETRIBAL WOOD MASK COLLECTION (9): 2 Dan masks, the Dan people of Liberia, 10.5-11"L; Sande helmet mask (sowei), Sande woman's society, Sierra Leone, 12.5"H; Ivory...
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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: 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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AFRICAN CARVED WOOD BOBO WOOD CARVINGS,THE BOBO P the Bobo people of Burkina Faso: 25"L helmet mask (Bolo) and 12"H dark wood helmet....
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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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SCARCE EAST SEPIK NEW GUINEA BASKETRYHELMET MASK, WWII ERA Abelam Yam Harvest Ceremony Spirit Mask (Baba Tagwa Tumbwa) in coil-woven plant fiber, rattan, grey, yellow, red and black pigments. The Abelam People...
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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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IGBO PEOPLE, MGBEDIKE HORNED HELMETMASK 20th c., Nigeria, carved wood with natural pigments, depicted with horns protruding from coiffure, slit eyes, ears and openwork mouth, on metal display stand, approx....
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MENDE PEOPLES, 'SOWEI' HELMET MASK 20thc., Sierra Leone, dark patina wood, conical mask carved as a female head, stacked ball coiffure over broad forehead and diminutive facial features, on custom black metal stand,...
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A BAMUM "TU-NGUNGA" CARVED WOOD HELMETMASKA Bamum "Tu-Ngunga" carved wood helmet mask, Early/mid-20th century; Bamum Peoples, Grassfields, Cameroon, East Africa Appears unmarked The large carved wood helmet...
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A CAMEROONIAN CARVED WOOD HELMET MASKACameroonian carved wood helmet mask, 20th century; Bamum people, Cameroon The large carved wood figural mask with traces of pigment 19.5" H x 17" W x 8.25" D Provenance:...
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Fine Bekom Peoples Helmet Mask, CameroonGrasslands, the wood mask with large almond-shaped eyes having brass tack pupils, a mouth perforated and exposing the teeth, semi-circular ears with pierced holes, with traces...
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