- 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...
[more like this] - 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...
[more like this] - MENDE SANDE SOCIETY HELMET MASKMende
Sande 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...
[more like this] - VAI SANDE SOCIETY HELMET MASKVai Sande
Society 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...
[more like this] - LIBERIAN DAN MASKDan mask from Liberia
with cowry (cowrie) shell tiara and three bells on chin; measures approximately 12" tall; please refer to photographs for condition. Dan masks are worn with full costumes...
[more like this] - LIBERIAN DAN MASKDan mask from Liberia
with squinting eyes and having a pointed chin; measures approximately 7" tall; please refer to photographs for condition. Dan masks are worn with full costumes covering the...
[more like this] - LIBERIAN DAN MASKDan mask from Liberia
with open eyes and without ears; measures approximately 9" tall; please refer to photographs for condition. Dan masks are worn with full costumes covering the body. The masks...
[more like this] - LIBERIA DAN BASSA MASKDan Bassa mask
from Liberia; measures approximately 14" tall; please refer to photographs for condition. Dan masks are worn with full costumes covering the body. The masks have different...
[more like this] - LIBERIAN DAN MASKDan mask from Liberia
with beaked chin, cowry (cowrie) shells, and hair tiara; measures approximately 11" tall; please refer to photographs for condition. Dan masks are worn with full costumes...
[more like this] - AL COLE (1944-2009) HAMATSA CROOKED
BEAR MASKThis is an outstanding and large Crooked Bear Mask signed and carved by Al Cole (1944-2009) of the Nuxalk (Bella Coola) Kwakwaka'wakw from the 20th Century. The Crooked...
[more like this] - AFRICAN BWA POLYCHROME WOOD KOBIAY SPIRIT
MASK**Originally Listed At $800**
West Africa, Burkina Faso, Bwa people, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A fantastical plank Kobiay mask which is a representation of a...
[more like this] - RARE 19TH C. AFRICAN DR CONGO MBAGANI
WOOD RITUAL MASK**Originally Listed At $600**
Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mbagani (Babindji) culture, ca. 19th to 20th century CE. A large wood ceremonial...
[more like this] - PAPUA NEW GUINEA IATMUL WOVEN CANE GABLE
MASKOceania, Papua New Guinea, East Sepik River region, Iatmul peoples, ca. mid-20th century CE. A large gable mask composed of tightly woven cane fibers wrapped around a...
[more like this] - 19TH C. AFRICAN DR CONGO LEGA WOOD RITUAL
MASKCentral Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lega peoples, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. An old ceremonial face mask carved from lightweight wood. The stylized...
[more like this] - 1930S IROQUOIS BASSWOOD FALSE FACE SOCIETY
MASKNative American / First Nations, Canada, Ontario / United States, New York, Iroquois, ca. early-20th century CE. A hand carved basswood "False Face Society" mask with...
[more like this] - 2 GONDJO KARAKORO MASKS - SENUFO TRIBE
IVORY COAST: During ritual ceremonies the dancer holds this impressive mask over his head with his body covered in raffia strings. This is a powerful mask which only initiated...
[more like this] - BWA DUHO HAWK PLANK WOOD SCULPTURE MASKHawk
plank mask (bougou dinde). The southern Bwa adopted the use of wooden masks from their Gurunsi neighbors. The Bwa masks represent nature spirits or animals that family elders...
[more like this] - YAKA PEOPLES, INITIATION MASK, EX-MUSEUM
20th c., Zaire, Africa, dark stained carved wood with pigment, raffia grass fringe, 10"h x 7"l x 6"w (excluding fringe)...
[more like this] - YAKA PEOPLES, (2) INITIATION MASKS 20th
c., DR Congo, each made of carved and polychrome painted wood, raffia, textile, etc., approx. 30"h x 14"w x 11.5"d (larger), 22"h x 12"w x 10"d (smaller)...
[more like this] - AFRICAN MENDE WOMAN'S FULL HELMET WOOD
MASKAfrican 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...
[more like this] - 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,...
[more like this] - Bwami Mask Lega People Congo Carved
round wood mask with a concave heart-shaped face. The forehead protrudes slightly the nose is narrow eyes and mouth are slits and slightly open. With fibrous beard and remnants...
[more like this] - Bwami Mask Lega People Congo Carved
square shaped wood mask with concave heart-shaped face with protruding slit eyes and small open mouth overall tan cool with face rubbed with white clay and having long fibrous...
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