AFRICAN MAKONDE LIGHT WOOD HELMET MASK

East African, Tanzania, 20th century. Makonde carved wooden helmet mask having ringed neck and raised scarification on a light wood hollowed out stylized face. Provenance: The Private Collection of Mr

Two African Makonde Helmet Masks. Carved wood with inset hair, raised scarification, and dark and light surface patination. Provenance: Collection of Allan Stone, New York. Sizes: 1) 11.5'' x 10'' x 1

Carved wooden helmet style mask of an ancestor face. A woven grass rope adorns the mask as well. The Wood is light weight and has a golden brown color and shiny patina. Makonde peoples, Tanzania, Afri

Two African Makonde Carved Wood Helmet Masks With Hair, early 20th c., H.- 10 in., W.- 7 1/2 in., D.- 10 1/2 in., and H.- 9 in., W.- 7 1/2 in., D.- 9 1/2 in. Provenance: Property from Gentleman Collec

Two African 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'' (25 x 18 x 20 cm). Ple

3 African Makonde Helmet Masks, Tanzania. Carved wood, hair. Size: 1) 10'' x 7'' x 7'' (25 x 18 x 18 cm); 2)12'' x 6'' x 11'' (30 x 15 x 28 cm); 3)11'' x 7'' x 10'' (28 x 18 x 25 cm).

African Makonde Lipiko Helmet Mask, Mozambique. Carved wood initiation mask accented with raised linear tattoo designs, and unusual zig-zag carved lips. Size: 10'' x 8'' x 11'' (25 x 20 x 28 cm).

African Makonde Lipiko Helmet Mask, Mozambique. Carved wood, hair. Size: 11'' x 9'' x 12'' (28 x 23 x 30 cm). Provenance: Ex. collection Karim Deen.

3 African Makonde Lipiko Helmet Masks, Tanzania. Carved wood, hair. Size: 1) 10'' x 6.5'' x 10'' (25 x 17 x 25 cm); 2) 12'' x 7'' x 10'' (30 x 18 x 25 cm); 3) 12'' x 8'' x 12'' (30 x 20 x 30 cm).

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 at feasts or during initiation ceremonies. S

Two African Makonde Helmet Mask, Fetish, Tanzania : (1) Makonde Helmet Mask carved with Njala wood, hair tufts at top, Tanzania. 19th-20th Century, measures 8" H x 7.5" W; (1) Makonde carved wooden Fe

African Makonde Lipiko Helmet Mask with Robe, Mozambique. Carved wood, pigment, human hair. Stand not included. Ex Collection Prof. Gene R. Shreve, South Yarmouth, Massachusetts. Size: 36'' x 42'' x 1

Makonde, Tanzania. Helmet mask with scars conforming to the traditional patterns. Light wood with caramel-colored and yellow pigmentation.H. c22.5 cm.Cf. exhib. cat. Masques, Mus_e Dapper, Paris 1996,

Mozambique, mid 20thC, helmet mask used in initiation dance Mapico, carved light wood, painted black, natural hair. Usage traces minor wear. Provenance: Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany Vera und Wolfga

African Makonde Lipiko Mask, Tanzania. Carved wood and pigment. With light burgundy patina and a stylized, carved coiffure. Property of a New York Collector. Size: 9'' x 11.5'' x 7.5'' (23 x 29 x 19 c

carved wooden mask from the Mende peoples of Sierra leone, West Africa. carved from a light weight darkened wood, with a very elaborate carved face and coiffure. Such helmets are worn by the Bundu soc

**Originally Listed At $500** West Africa, Liberia or Sierra Leone, Mende people, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A darkened wood mask with a small carved face, triangular-shaped chin, narrowed eyes

West Africa, Liberia or Sierra Leone, Mende people, ca. mid-20th century CE. A large and skillfully carved wooden Bundu mask with a lengthy collar of dark raffia. Used during ceremonies associated wit

A Chokwe Wood Helmet Mask Central Africa, Angola Height 14 1/16 inches (35.8 cm). Property from the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida Provenance: Gifted in 2001 (Inv. no. T2001.031.004).

A magnificent Baule wood helmet mask carved from one massive piece of wood. 13" H x 10" W x 10" D

SENUFO WOOD KORUBLA HELMET MASK, PORO SOCIETY, COTE D'IVOIRE, H 21", W 12 1/2":Carved wood mask with metal eyes and raffia collar. Ivory Coast, West Africa. Property of the Flint Institute of Arts. Fo

East Africa, Southern Tanzania or northeastern Mozambique, Makonde, ca. early 20th century. A Makonde fertility body mask rendered in the form of a pregnant belly that is also known as a lipiko mask,

An African Carved Wood Helmet Mask. With a pedestal. Together with an African leather clad bird's head ceremonial adornment Mask height: 16"

**Originally Listed At $500** Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Binji (also Bindji) peoples, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A lovely hand-carved wooden helmet mask known as a "tshib