African Masks, Headdresses and Art

Decorative mid 20th century pieces. Four wood carved masks and two hanging art pieces. The largest of these, the hanging elephant piece measures approximately 28" high, 11" wide and 8" deep and the sm

Carved wooden mask with woven fiber headdress adorned with old glass beads as well as woven grass ropes and netting for wearing. Chokwe peoples, Angola, Africa. The mask measures 11 x 7.5 inches, not

A Carved wooden mask with stylized facial features, raised designs and overall stylized form. The mask has an attached raffia grass headdress adorned with cowrie shells. Kuba Peoples, Congo, Africa. T

Carved wooden mask with attached rope headdress. Dan peoples, Ivory Coast, West Africa. Mask itself measures 8 x 11 inches. This lot will include a metal display stand. Ex David Yamerich Collection, P

A carved wooden helmet style mask with open work eyes, raised facial designs and forms, attached raffia grass collar and feather headdress. Kuba peoples, Congo, Africa. The mask measures 18 x 9. A met

Carved wooden mask with rattan basketry for wearing. Such masks are worn in the initiation rites of men's associations. Those adorned with copper plates were formerly worn in ceremonies celebrating br

NIGERIA Zoomorphic MAMA - KANTANA Mangam Headdress These beautifully stylized masks were used during ritual dances. Characteristics TYPE OF OBJECT: Headdress. ETHNICAL GROUP: Mama -Kantana ORIGINE: Ni

A carved wooden mask in Gagon style with avian like beak and a highly decorated headdress adorned with applique designs and feathers. Dan peoples, Ivory Coast, West Africa. The mask measures 27 inches

Yoruba hand made beaded sculpture headdress helmet. A large and impressive figural art composition with opposing relief faces, and profuse bird forms encircling and surmounting a central crown. Carefu

Dan mask with full headdress. Wood, cloth, shells raffia and feathers. Dimensions: 20" L x 14" H (w/cloth); Weight: 2 lbs. 4 oz. Provenance: Ex private collection, Newark, NJNote: This lot has a reser

BAMBARA, UPPER VOLTA, CARVED AND PAINTED ANTELOPE HEADDRESS, Kurumba Bwa Mask, extensive and interesting polychrome decoration, 38 inches tall, Provenance: The Boca Raton Museum of Art

Dan Mask,Poro society, with headdress. Nicely carved mask, with black patina, headdress of metal bells, shells, horn and fabric. Stand not included. 17" H x 14" W; 4 lbs. 8 oz. Provenance; Ex. Private

A Baga Wood Nimba Mask or Headdress West Africa, Guinea, 19th-20th Century A.D. Property from the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida Provenance: Gifted in 2001 (Inv. no. T2001.031.048).

Yoruba Egubgun Headdress/Mask- Aboriginal Indigenous Art- Once ritualware for the Yoruba people of Nigeria, Africa. The word Egungun refers to masking associated with honored male lineage ancestors. W

This is a very old and well used Yoruba peoples Gelded festival mask or headdress, Nigeria, Africa. This heavily weathered and field used headdress has a wonderful head full of twisted dreadlocks, and

This is a very old and well used Igala peoples festival mask or headdress, Nigeria, Africa. This heavily weathered and field used mask features traditional ceremonial scars and a diminutive face, with

This is a beautiful vintage Baule peoples mask, Cote D'ivoire, Africa. Carved wooden mask with an elaborate avian headdress finial, incised and raised designs and a well handled surface with well worn

Hand Carved & Hand Painted African Libation Mask. Measures 18 inches in length. African Art, Ivory Coast, Libation Mask, GUDJI Tribe: Headdress of Antelope and Rams Horns, with Bird. Line Carved Facia

A carved wooden helmet style mask with traditional face and stylized headdress. Created for the Gelede spectacle, Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Africa. The mask measures 10 x 12 inches. A metal display sta

A Very rare, old and interesting wooden mask from the Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Africa. Carved wooden helmet style mask with a smiling face and open headdress and painted green face. The top of the mas

A very finely carved wooden mask with incised and raised facial designs and an attached woven rope headdress, complete with tall final and accenting wooden beads. Chokwe peoples, Angola Africa.

A Carved wooden mask with basketry/woven grass headdress attached. The mask features some linear designs and a well handled aptina. lwena peoples, Zambia - Field collected by Marc Friedrich, C. 1980.

Large hand carved wooden mask with painted designs and large painted textile and raffia grass headdress. Yaka peoples, Congo, Africa.

Hard bound. Dust jacket. 239 pages, fully illustrated in color Size 10 by 11.5" Text in English BRAND NEW INTERIOR CONDITION, SCRATCH ON THE FRONT OF THE DUST JACKET Bamana masks and headdresses, Lega