Sold2021Songye Kifwebe Dance mask Ex Robert Banks CollectionA Highly stylized dance mask with precise linear incised designs accented with black paint and white kaolin clay pigments. The mask has a woven rope netting and traditional "tail" on the back. The memSee Sold Price
Sold2021A Bwa Bushcow Dance mask Ex Robert Banks CollectionA large field used carved wooden Bushcow dance mask with woven rope and well used mouth bit. decorated with red, black, and white organic pigments and geometric designs. The mask features a tall roundSee Sold Price
Sold2023A Songye Kifwebe Female Dance Mask Ex Hautelet CollectionA carved wooden helmet mask featuring traditional incised linear designs, stylized protruding mouth and facial features with attached raffia headdress and collar. Songye peoples, Kifwebe society, DRC/See Sold Price
Sold2022African Songye Kifwebe Dance MaskAfrican Songye Kifwebe Dance Mask. Carved wood and pigment. Provenance: Ex. Estate Collection Isadore and Nancy Marder, Philadelphia. Size: 18'' x 8'' x 9'' (46 x 20 x 23 cm).See Sold Price
Sold2022African Songye Kifwebe Dance MaskAfrican Songye Kifwebe Dance Mask. Carved wood and pigment. Stand not included. Size: 15'' x 8.75'' x 7'' (38 x 22 x 18 cm). Ex. Collection William and Diane Bousquette, Purchase, New York.See Sold Price
Sold2020A Fine Old Songye Kifwebe Dance Mask Ex Leonard KahanA carved wooden dance mask with precise linear designs and overall classic form, with highly stylized mouth and eyes. The mask has a woven grass headdress / netting still attached and remains of hairSee Sold Price
Sold2021A Bozo Fish Parade Mask Ex Robert Banks collectionA very large and intricate field used carved wooden Fish mask / marionette that was carried in parades and festivals known as the Sogo Ba masquerade. Masks such as these were used during performance oSee Sold Price
Sold2020A Bakongo African Dance Mask Ex Robert BanksA carved wooden dance mask with stylized form and some traditional linear designs worn by the Bakongo peoples during sacred dances. The Bakongo create dance masks to represent Ancestral spirits to honSee Sold Price
Sold2023A Songye Kifwebe Male Dance mask Ex Stewart WarkowA Tall carved wooden male dance mask with incised and painted linear designs, classic carving style with highly exaggerated facial features, attached woven rope netting and beard, obvious handling andSee Sold Price
Sold2023A Rare Janus Songye Kifwebe African mask Ex Feldman CollectionA rare carved wooden janus form mask with incised linear designs accented with kaolin clay pigments, with a well handled surface. Songye peoples, Kifwebe society, DRC/ Congo, central Africa. The maskSee Sold Price
Sold2020Songye Nkisi Magic fetish Ex Robert Banks collectionThe Songye people called upon supernatural forces which they believed could be contacted and manipulated in their favor through power sculptures known as "Nkisi". The Songye regarded the wood figure aSee 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
Sold2021Igbo Dance Crest Cross River Ex Robert Banks CollectionA Carved wooden headdress featuring a stylized ancestor with tall swept back horns and facial scar designs and basketry type mount for wearing. Igbo or related group, Cross River region, Nigeria, AfriSee Sold Price
Sold2023Ibibio Mask Ex Banks CollectionA highly stylized carved wooden dance mask with smiling face and two curved horn like finials, weathered and encrusted surface painted with mineral pigments. Ibibio peoples, Nigeria. The mask measuresSee Sold Price
Sold2023A Fine Dan African mask Ex Banks CollectionA Well handled and worn dance mask with traditional linear scars on the mask edges,a glossy black surface patina, open work eyes for dancing and raffia grass beard. Dan peoples, Ivory Coast, West AfriSee Sold Price
Sold2018Old Yoruba Gelede Mask with 3 facesVery Old carved wooden mask from the Yoruba peoples of Nigeria, West Africa. Measures 15 x 10 inches. Ex Robert banks collection, Maryland.See Sold Price
Sold2023Shamans Mask with Shiva Trident & Serpents Ex Banks CollectionA carved wooden primitive dance mask with incised tridents as a symbol of Shiva worship and wavy serpent designs. Nepal. The mask measures 10 x 6 inches. 14 inches tall on custom display stand. nepal.See Sold Price
Sold20232 African Songye and Luba Kifwebe Masks, DRC2 African Songye and Luba Kifwebe Masks, DRC. Carve wood and pigment. Ex Collection Prof. Gene R. Shreve, South Yarmouth, Massachusetts. Published: "African Art & the Serious Collector" Maine AntiquesSee Sold Price
Sold2021Superb SONGYE Shield Songe Congo DRC Good ProvenanceCONGO DRC BIG SONGYE SHIELD (Ngabo) Adorned with the miniature representation of a Kifwebe mask PROVENANCE: Ex - Franco - Belgian Collection of Mr Ph. V. (More details on request) Large shield, with pSee Sold Price
Sold2023A Idoma Dance Crest Ex Banks collectionA Carved wooden janus form dance crest, with two ancestral mask like faces as well as ornately carved support and final, well handled, encrusted surface patina suggests field use over many years.SuchSee Sold Price
Sold2017Songye Kifwebe MaskSongye Kifwebe Mask. DRC, Africa. Carved wood, fiber, with stand. Size: 53" x 10.5" x 26" (135 x 27 x 66 cm). Provenance: ex New York private ethnographic arts collection. Note: This is a NO RESERVE aSee Sold Price
Sold20176 Songye Kifwebe Masks6 Songye Kifwebe Masks. DRC, Africa. Carved wood. Largest size: 20'' x 8.25'' x 7'', 51 x 21 x 18 cm. Provenance: ex New York private ethnographic arts collection. Note: This is a NO RESERVE auction.See Sold Price
Sold2022A Songye Kifwebe Female Mask Ex Visser GalleryA Large carved wooden female Kifwebe society dance mask with precise carved linear decorations and painted with black pigments and kaolin clay. The Mask has a well handled surface and measures 20 x 11See Sold Price
Sold2021A Songye Kifwebe African Mask Ex Sotheby's Park BernetA 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 metSee Sold Price
May 19Heartland Artifact Auctions Inc2 3/4" SONORA Clovis, Dickey COA, HUGE FLUTE!! found in Kentucky, made of Sonora Chert, EX$120(6 bids)