Sold2020Old Mambila Dance Crest with Mustache, Ex Irwin HerseyA Very rare and unusual carved wooden dance crest with a highly stylized form, face and embellished with a human hair mustache. A rare find from the Mambila peoples, Nigeria, Africa. The mask measuresSee Sold Price
Sold2022A Fine Old Igbo Mask Ex Irwin Hersey Collection, NYA 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 pSee Sold Price
Sold2023A Mambila Dance Crest Ex Noble Endicott CollectionA Primitive and archaic carved wooden dance crest with stylized spikey coiffure and classic facial features, weathered and worn surface suggests great age. Mambila peoples, Nigeria, Africa. ProvenanceSee Sold Price
Sold2021Exceedingly Rare Old Azande Staff Ex Irwin HerseyA Very rare carved wooden staff with a ancestor face, carved designs and a deep well handled surface patina suggesting many years of field use. The staff measures 30.5 inches tall. Azande / Zande peopSee Sold Price
Sold2021A Fine Old Ibibio Cross River Dance Crest Ex Kahan 1988A very finely carved wooden dance crest or headdress from the Ibibio or related ethnic group, Cross river region, Nigeria, Africa. The head dress features 3 separately carved mask like faces and a serSee Sold Price
Sold2022An Old Kuba Pwoom Itok Mask Ex Irwin Hersey , Ex ZabelCarved from a single piece of wood with remnants of painted designs and a deep well handled surface suggesting years of field use. Kuba peoples, DRC/ Congo, central Africa. The mask measures 11.25 incSee Sold Price
Sold2020Old Luba Twin Sisters Divination Bowl Ex Irwin HerseyA fine carved wooden divination bowl bearer female couple or Mboko, with two finely carved females shown seated across from one another and holding the diviners bowl. The two females both have sereneSee Sold Price
Sold2021Very Old Kuba Cup & Doll, Ex Levitt, Ex Irwin HerseyA very finely carved old wooden Kuba cup with incised designs and a charming old Children's doll, also from the Kuba peoples. The cup measures 4 x 4.5 inches and the Doll head measures 4.5 inches. ProSee Sold Price
Sold2020A Rare Cross River Dance Crest Ex Bill Wright GalleryA Very Rare Old carved wooden Cross River dance crest with stylized female form, ornate decorative appendages and areas of weathered organic pigments. The dance crest measures 23 x 16 inches on its cuSee Sold Price
Sold2022Exceedingly Rare Holo Holo Polychromed Helmet mask Ex Irwin HerseyCarved wooden helmet dance mask with red,blue and white kaolin clay pigments and an overall charming style. Holo Holo peoples, DRC/ Congo, Africa. The Helmet mask measures 10 x 9 inches. A metal displSee Sold Price
Sold2023A Fine Bamana Antelope Dance Crest Ex Netzer CollectionA very old and well handled antelope dance crest or mask with a deep well handled surface patina, tall elegant horns and elongated face and form. Bamana peoples, Mali, West Africa. The Mask measures 2See Sold Price
Sold2023A Songye Kifwebe African Mask Ex Irwin Hersey CollectionA large carved wooden semi-helmet style mask with linear designs, tall central crest and attached woven fiber rope netting to cover the dancer. Basonge peoples, Kifwebe society, DRC/ Congo, central AfSee Sold Price
Sold2022A Bamana N'tomo mask Ex Irwin HerseyA Tall carved wooden dance mask embellished with hammered metal work and traditional comb like finial on the top of the mask. Such masks were typically danced at agricultural festivals. Bamana / BambaSee Sold Price
Sold2023A Rare Ekoi Headdress Ex Lempertz 1993A very fine old skin covered wooden dance crest with tall coiffure embellished with embedded glass panels and raised wooden studs. The Crest measures 15 inches tall, 17 inches on display stand. Ekoi pSee Sold Price
Sold2019Old Idoma Head Crest, African Art Ex Gansler CollectionA Very fine Old and well used Dance crest with a proud ancestor head and stylized dread like coiffure. The headdress has an old rattan basketry weaving on the bottom with remnants of green paint. IdomSee Sold Price
Sold2023A Fine Old Idoma Head Crest Ex Endicott CollectionA solid carved wooden dance crest or false head with stylized facial features, black and white kaolin pigments and obvious field use and wear over generations. The mask like head measures 11 x 6.5 incSee Sold Price
Sold2023A Fine Old Punu Mask Ex Roger Perriard CollectionA 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 aSee Sold Price
Sold2024A Fine Old Punu Mask Ex Dr Endicott CollectionA carved wooden dance mask in classic style, weathered kaolin clay pigments, tall central crest coiffure and well handled edges. Such masks were worn by male performers of a stilt dance called "mukudjSee Sold Price
Sold2021Dramatic Idoma Janus Dance Crest Ex William WrightA very energetically carved wooden crest with two faces, accented with kaolin clay pigments, raised linear designs, stylized coiffure. Traditionally this female dance crest was danced opposite of aggrSee Sold Price
Sold2021A Fine Ubangi African Pipe, Ex Museum/ Ex Irwin HerseyThis rare pipe is a excellent example of the style, classically represents a stylized character, the abdomen swollen by the obliquely cut bowl, The round head, enlarged by the hemispherical ears, offeSee Sold Price
Sold2024A Bamana Chiwara Dance Crest Ex Scanzi CollectionA highly stylized carved wooden dance crest in the form of two antelopes, with wonderful openwork design and well handled surface. The Headdress measures 14.5 x 11 inches on a simple wooden base. BamaSee Sold Price
Sold2020A Rare Azande Male sculpture Ex Irwin HerseyA very Fine early 20th century carved wooden male sculpture with stylized torso and dramatic facial features. The figure has a well handled surface patina suggesting good age. Azande peoples, Congo, cSee Sold Price
Sold2023A Fine Ibibio Dance Crest Ex Zemanek AuctionsA carved wooden janus dance crest with stylized human skull atop and two anthropomorphic faces rendered in classic style with a well handled honey colored patina. The Crest measures 14 inches tall. 16See Sold Price
Sold2023A Rare Ovimbundu Staff Ex Sotheby's, Ex Irwin HerseyA Rare Ovimbundu Staff Ex Sotheby's, Ex Irwin Hersey.A carved wooden colonial era staff with a honey colored surface patina and featuring an anthropomorphic figure in colonial garb.Ovimbundu peoples,See Sold Price
Jun 02Taylor & Harris6 Old Crest Sterling Silver Small Ashtrays with Attached Matchbox Holders$200(1 bid)