Dance mask worn on top of head , Mossi tribe, from

A wood carved bird mask, worn on top of head, long beaked, bulging eyes and abstract incised head feathers. Dimensions: 22-1/2" L x 4-3/4" W; Weight: 2 lbs. Provenance: Ex. Private collection, New Yor

A carved wooden dance crest actually worn on top of the head with two classic Igbo style faces and a wonderful janus avian finial, natural pigments and overall well handled and worn surface. Igbo peop

A mid-20th century wood carved, polychrome antelope mask is from Burkina Faso. Masks such as this are worn on top of the head during performances and are kept on altars when not being ritually worn.

West Africa, Nigeria, probably Yoruba peoples, mid to late 20th century CE. A large and colorful hand-carved wood mask designed to be worn atop the head and project high above it - this type of mask i

Southwest Native American Dance Mask, with embroidered suns, plants and demon figure, stuffed nose, ears and projections from the top of the head, on a custom wooden display stand, 24" high (27 1/2" h

A Native American Indian carved wood dance rattle mask. Handheld cedar mask depicting a smiling male. Etched and carved motif with "eyes in the back of head", and "cat eyes" at the top of head. Red /

Worn on top of head, height 16 inches.

This mask is worn over the head of a female elder who dances for the Sande women's society. The mask displays and celebrates Mende ideals of female beauty and virtue: elaborately braided hair (cosmeti

According to Thomas Wheelock, such masks originate in the far eastern area near Boulsa, Burkina Faso and were worn by aggressive dancers who would patrol the ceremonial grounds and keep unruly spectat

According to Thomas Wheelock, such masks originate in the far eastern area near Boulsa, Burkina Faso and were worn by aggressive dancers who would patrol the ceremonial grounds and keep un-ruly specta

20th Century carved Burkina Faso African face mask. Features high crest design, adorned with antelope head and geometric pattern of rust red, cream and black. Head is surrounded by a fringe of fibers.

AFRICAN NAGADY KUBA DANCE MASK - Made by Kuba tribe from the Congo; Elaborately carved with beads and cowrie shells; ears on mask are wooden; made to be worn ; Condition - Separation between mask and

Ritual masks carved in wood by the MOSSI people- Burkina Faso. Mossi sculptors are famous for their polychrome masks which are worn during funeral ceremonies and to guard crop. These masks ? which hav

A Carved wooden dance mask with elongated face and a male & female couple on top shown in traditional posture holding a burden on their head. Attie peoples, Lagoons region, Ivory Coast, Africa. Proven

A finely carved and Polychrome wooden dance mask with a charming articulated ancestor figure on top, both arms now secured , weathered and worn surface. Igbo peoples, Nigeria, Africa. The mask measure

AFRICAN GURO TRIBE CEREMONIAL PELICAN MOITF MASK African Guro tribe ceremonial mask, with human face and goat like horns. The top of the head features two pelicans. Size: 26 x 9"

African Carved Wood Helmet Mask ,Benin, 20th Century. Female society ritual mask carved in the likeness of a woman's head with a bird on top of her hair. Used condition, wear, worn, splits, chips. Siz

One with two boys one holding a mask, one with a money on top of an octopus, one with 10 men's heads (could be worn as a pendant) and the fourth is two men playing checkers. The last one is signed. Al

Carved wooden helmet style in classic form, incised designs accented with kaolin clay. This is an early 20th century ( before 1930) Grasslands Nja Ceremony dance mask, worn by the Bamun or Bamenda peo

African Dance Mask Bambara Tribe Mali measures 51" x 8 1/4"

African Art: Pair of dance masks made in Dan tribe style. 20th c.9.5"

A powerful and dramatic old Eskimo mask, 18th or 19th Century, more a clan votive object than a worn dance mask with there being no suspension holes, likely found in the summer-thawed ground of the ar

LARGE FIGURE LEGA FETISH BWAMI CONGO CENTRAL AFRIC

This is a very rare old carved wooden maskette , a miniature version of a Banda mask, a flat helmet style mask worn atop the head. This mask shows plenty of handling and wear and is a genuine old exam