A Fine Old Mende Bundu mask Ex Alfred Schienberg 1971

A carved wooden helmet mask with elegant female face and stylized form and features. The Bundu masks are danced by female initiates into the Sande society. Mende peoples, Sierra leone, West Africa. Th

A Carved wooden Bundu helmet mask with well handled surface and signs of field use. Mende peoples, Sierra Leone, West Africa. The mask itself measures 14 x 9 inches. A metal display stand can also be

A carved wooden dance mask with tall swept back horns supporting the image of a lizard and incised and painted geometric designs throughout. Such masks are often danced at funerals and Harvest ceremon

A very finely carved wooden mask in Avian form with incised linear designs. Luba peoples, Congo, Africa. Provenance: Ex Alfred Schienberg Collection, Ex Sol and Josephine Levitt collection, New York.

A carved wooden face mask with dark painted geometric designs and stylized horns around the eyes. The mask is adorned with a raffia grass headdress and crown of feathers. Kuba peoples, DRC/Congo, cent

A Fine Old Kuba Bwoom mask embellished with various seeds and beads, animal hide ( now decayed) and hand hammered copper sheet. The bwoom is one of three types of royal Kuba masks, all of which are tr

A very fine old carved wooden helmet mask with wonderful exaggerated form and signs of field use and wear, over many years. This is likely a Bongo mask, which would appear during initiation rites and

A finely carved wooden helmet mask with classic facial features and a well handled and polished smooth surface suggesting ceremonial use over many years. Mende peoples, Bundu society, Sierra leone, We

A Carved wooden Bundu helmet mask with attached fiber regalia, well handled surface and signs of field use. Mende peoples, Sierra Leone, West Africa. The mask itself measures 18 x 10 inches. A metal d

A Finely carved wooden helmet mask with elaborate coiffure and stylized facial features. Such masks were worn exclusively by the women of the Sande society during initiation ceremonies. Mende peoples,

A very finely carved wooden face mask with a glossy polished surface patina and a deep well handled patina. The mask has wide open eyes and evidence it once had metal accents. The mask will include a

A carved wooden dance mask in classic style, heavy kaolin clay pigments, scar designs carved in relief, tall central crest coiffure and well handled edges. Such masks were worn by male performers of a

A carved wood and painted red dance mask with a highly stylized face and remains of wooden collar, now decayed and eroded away. The Long classic face accented with reddish organic / mineral pigments a

Elegant old carved wooden ceremonial mask with anthropomorphic central finial and classic facial style and design. Senufo peoples, Ivory Coast, West Africa. Among the Senufo families owned and wore su

A Very rare old and field used carved wooden helmet style mask with tall horns and indigo blue pigment added as decoration. Bobo or possibly Bolo peoples, Burkina Faso / Mali Border, West Africa. Prov

A Carved wooden Bundu helmet mask with well handled surface and signs of field use. Mende peoples, Sierra Leone, West Africa. The mask itself measures 14 x 9.25 inches. A metal display stand can also

A very rare carved wooden 3/4 helmet mask with incised linear designs, open work eyes, and contrasting red and white kaolin clay pigments decorating the mask. This genre of helmet mask, known as bolo

A carved wooden helmet mask with stylized diminutive face and elaborate coiffure, obvious signs of handling and wear. This type of mask is associated with girls' initiation ceremonies by the Sande, wh

Elongated carved wooden dance mask with incised linear designs, and covered in hammered bronze sheet, embellished with textile adornment. Marka / malinke peoples, Mali, Africa. The mask measures 16.5

A dramatic carved wooden parade mask with raised scar designs and painted with black and white pigments. Idoma Peoples, Nigeria, Africa. The mask measures 14 inches tall ( 21 inches tall on profession

A carved wooden Dan mask with protruding cylindrical eyes, attached lower jaw and embellished with beads and textiles. Dan peoples, Ivory Coast or Liberia, West Africa. The mask measures 12 x 7 x 5 in

A carved wooden face mask with elegant and realistic facial treatment with wide open eyes and classic overall form. Dan peoples, Ivory Coast, Africa. The mask measures 8.5 x 5 inches. Provenance: Ex.

A carved wooden dance mask with blackened mineral pigments and accented designs with white kaolin clay pigment. The mask has a soft well handled surface suggesting many years of ceremonial use. Igbo p

A carved wooden face mask accented with kaolin clay pigments and classic archaic face. Bwami society, Lega peoples, DRC/ Congo, central Africa. The mask measures 8.5 x 6 inches. Provenance: Ex. McConn