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Three African Miniature Passport Masks

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Songye Kifwebe Miniature Passport style mask: A small carved wooden maskette with traditional Kifwebe society designs. Songye peoples, Congo, Africa. The mask measures 6.25 x 3.25 inches.

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Three Authentic African Wooden Dan Passport Masks: West Africa, Ivory Coast/Liberia, Dan, ca. early 20th century CE. A lovely trio of petite, personal passport maskettes, each example finely carved by the Dan peoples to serve as a talisman. All three

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Miniature Pende Passport style mask, African Art: A Small carved wooden maskette with well handled surface and classic treatment to the facial features. Pende peoples, Congo, Africa. The mask measures 7 x 5.25 inches.

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Miniature 19th C. African Dan Wood Passport Mask: **Originally Listed At $300** West Africa, Liberia and Cote d'Ivoire, Dan people, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A miniature "passport mask" made to be carried by people as portable copies of larg

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Rare Bamana Ntomo Passport Mask Ex Leonard kahan: A very rare and unusual miniature passport mask from the Bamana / Bambara peoples of Mali, West Africa. This miniature mask in the form of a Ntomo agricultural dance mask is the first of its type that

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Rare Miniature Songye Kifwebe Mask Ex Jon Giltsoff: A very highly stylized miniature Basongye peoples "passport" type mask with strong linear designs and a wonderful flared form. The mask measures 6.5 inches. Provenance: Ex. Sol and Josephne Levitt, NY

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MINIATURE RED BAULE MASK, AFRICAN ART: A diminutive example of a carved wooden mask, with stylized facial features and black and red painted areas. Similar to a "passport" mask, the maskette measures 8.5 x 4.5 ( 13.25 inches tall on custom

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Near-Miniature 20th C. African Dan Passport Mask: **Originally Listed At $300** West Africa, Liberia and Cote d'Ivoire, Dan people, ca. early 20th century CE. A near-miniature example of a Dan passport mask that is hand-carved from coffee-hued wood.

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A Fine Old Dan Passport African Mask Ex Jan Baum 1988: A Miniature carved wooden mask with classic facial features and a well handled smooth surface patina suggesting years of traditional Use. The mask itself measures 2.25 inches tall ( a display stand is

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OLD AND RARE MAKONDE PASSPORT STYLE MASKETTE: This is a rare and unusual old miniature maskette from the Makonde peoples of Tanzania, Africa. Carved wood with stylized face and form, well handled surface patina. The mask measures 5.5 x 4 inches.

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Group Of Ancient African Passport Masks And Figures: Includes Dogon, Bambara ancestor figures, Tellum figure of priest, Gid, Toma & Kissi Guinea passport masks.

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Three African Masks.: Three African Masks.

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(Lot of 4) African passport masks: (Lot of 4) African passport masks, two from Bassa tribe, each well carved mask retains early surface, largest 4.25"l

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Two Good African Passport Masks: Two good African passport masks, One "Dan" the other "Senufo". 1. Pelian at top H 5-1/8" W 2-1/4" D 2-1/4" 2. Simple oval form overall H 4-3/8 W 2-9/16" D 1-1/8" Copy and paste this link for high-res

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To include a Dan mask, a Chokwe mask, and a Lega mask. Largest, approx. 6" x 4'. Provenance: Estate of Thomas McNemar, (1931-2020.) McNemar lived and collected throughout Central and West Africa in the 1960s and 70s. He established galleries of African Art in New York and San Francisco, selling to museums and public and private collections in the United States and Europe.

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Three African Miniature Passport Masks

Name: Three African Miniature Passport Masks
SKU: 140713968
Price: 60 USD
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