Ancient Dogon African Mask Ex Park Bernet 1970

A tall carved wooden mask with large geometric openwork eyes and a well weathered and worn surface. Dogon peoples, Mali, West Africa. The mask measures 25 x 6.5 inches. a metal display stand can be in

A carved wooden female dance mask with classic linear designs and wonderfully abstract facial features, signs of field use. Basongye peoples, DRC/ Congo, Africa. The mask measures 13 x 8 inches. A met

A very old and weathered carved wooden Dege or Monkey mask with highly stylized form, wide open work eyes and a very weathered surface. According to Dogon beliefs, the monkey represents a wild and unc

A very rare archaic example of a mask with deep well handled and worn surface, classic raised facial scar designs, zig zag coiffure and kaolin clay pigments. Idoma peoples, Cross River, Nigeria, West

A Charming Old carved wooden helmet mask from the Yoruba of Nigeria. A Gelede festival mask of a colonial era soldier. The mask measures 11 x 9 inches. A metal display stand can be included for an add

A truly Ancient and eroded carved wooden "Bundu" mask from the Mende peoples, Sierra Leone, West Africa ( likely 19th Century.) The mask measures 12 x 8 inches. A durable display stand can be included

A Carved wooden mask with incised linear designs and a well weathered and worn patina. This is a contemporary example that looks ancient. Dogon peoples, Mali, Africa. The mask measures 17 x 7 inches.

A truly ancient weathered relic of a Dogon Mask, likely a Kanaga mask that has had the ears and super-structure has worn away long ago. The mask has organic black pigments and a highly styled face and

A truly ancient carved wooden dance mask with stylized facial features, inset metal tacks and undeniable weathered and ages surface, suggesting generations of field use, perhaps on perhaps was used on

A very fine and rare old Shango staff with cowrie shell adornment and signs of field use. Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Africa. The figure has an old label on the side as well as an old Sotheby's Park Bern

A carved wooden mask with encrusted surface heavily patinated with organic substances. The Mask was worn by a man of the AWA society, acting as an aggressive "Hunter" during dancers who would stalk th

A large heavy carved wooden ceremonial mask with bold archaic facial features and embellished with mineral pigments and a striking blue paint accent. The Mask was worn by a man of the AWA society, act

A fine 19th century or early 20th century carved wooden pair of Ibeji twin Idols with classic facial features and signs of traditional use over many years. Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, West Africa. The pa

This is a very rare ancient wooden sculpture of an ancestor from the Dogon peoples of Mali, West Africa. Such idols were often placed on shrines that were in the cliffs above the Dogon villages along

A very old weathered relic of a Kanaga mask with mineral pigments and highly exaggerated form, what remains is quite impressive. Dogon peoples, Mali, Africa 18th-19th century. The mask measures 17 inc

A Tall carved wooden dance mask with female effigy as top finial, embellished with various grass, seed, old glass beads and shell regalia and painted with organic pigments , apparent sweating surface

A very fine and highly stylized simian mask with wonderful elongated features and open eyes for the dancer. The mask measures 14.5 x 6 inches. Dogon peoples, Mali, West Africa. Provenance: Dr. Antonio

A Tall carved wooden dance mask with female effigy as top finial, embellished with various grass, seed, old glass beads and shell regalia and painted with organic pigments , apparent sweating surface

A carved wooden Dege or Monkey mask with highly stylized form, wide open work eyes and a encrusted and weathered surface. According to Dogon beliefs, the monkey represents a wild and uncivilized spiri

A carved wooden ceremonial mask fragment of an ancient Kanaga mask, with highly stylized facial features, large flat nose, openwork eyes and painted with organic pigments. Dogon peoples, Mali, West Af

A tall carved wooden mask with the effigy of a female on top , arms open wide, she wears a grass skirt and has a rasied central crest, the face of the mask is classic in form and with painted geomtric

A very old weathered and eroded kanaga mask with a highly exaggerated style. This mask was likely kept as part of a cliff side shrine after it was "retired" from dancing, it appears to be centuries ol

A Very fine old carved wooden mask in the form of a Rabbit with tall ears and painted designs of traditional stylized mask with large open geometric eyes and organic pigments. Dogon peoples, Mali, Afr

A dramatic hand forged iron mask embellished with semi-circular motifs and some zig zag designs. The mask was likely created by the Blacksmith Cult and measures 10 inches tall, 13.5 inches on its disp