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A Rare Shi or Kwame African mask Ex Joeseph Gerena NYC

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A Rare Kwame African mask Ex Joseph Gerena New York: A carved wooden elongated mask with heavy kaolin clay pigment and simplistic archaic facial features. Very rare Kwame peoples mask - Maniema province, DR Congo. Provenance: Ex. Joseph Gerena NYC. 1988

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Rare Metoko mask Ex Joeseph Gerena Gallery, New York: A varved wooden mask with kaolin clay painted surface and archaic facial features. Metoko peoples, DRC/ Congo, Africa. The mask measures 9.5 x 5 inches. A metal display stand can also be included for

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A Very Rare Hunde Mask Ex Joseph Gerena NYC 1989: A Very rare carved wooden Hunde or Nande Mask, Maniema province, Congo / DRC, central Africa. Provenance: Ex. Joseph Gerena Fine Arts, New York. 1989. The mask measures 14 x 8 inches. A metal display

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A Rare Mbole African mask Ex Gerena 1989: A very Rare African Carved Wood Mask with handle, the shield-like form with slightly concave back, narrow pierced eyes under concave arched brows, narrow nose with central indentation, the forehead wi

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Exceedingly Rare Shi or Kwame Archaic African Mask: A very rare and archaic carved wooden mask with bold mineral pigments and overall simplistic form , with a well handled patina suggesting field use. Shi or Kwame peoples, DRC/ Congo, central Africa. A

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A Very Rare Zimba Mask Ex Joseph Gerena, NYC: A carved wooden mask with stylized facial features, open work eyes and white kaolin clay pigments. Very rare! Zimba peoples - Maniema province, DR Congo - Provenance: Belgian private collection; Ex. J

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A Rare Lumbo African mask Ex Joseph Gerena NY: A carved wooden dance mask with alternate layers of kaolin pigment in red,white and black. The masks of the Lumbo and their neighbors in Gabon are used by dancers in performances during burial rites.

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A Rare Zimba mask Ex Joseph Gerena NYC 1989: A carved wooden mask with stylized facial features, carved and incised facial "scar" designs and white kaolin clay pigments. Very rare! Zimba peoples - Maniema province, DR Congo - Provenance: Belgian

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A Rare Old Lengola African Mask Ex Joseph Gerena 1989: A Tall slender carved wooden mask with contrasting kaolin clay pigments and elongated and stylized facial features. The mask measures 27.5 x 8.25 inches. There is no display stand included with this l

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A Rare Boa African mask Ex Leonard Kahan Gallery NYC: A Very rare and desirable old carved wooden mask with large open-work ears and a overall elongated and exaggerated style. The Boa from the DRC/Congo are known principally for their masks, believed to

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Rare Old Pende Mbuya Mask Ex J Camp Gallery NYC 1979: A finely carved old wooden mask with raffia grass headdress still attached. The mask features the classic heavy lidded eyes, deep facial scars as well as a well handled surface suggesting years of fie

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A Rare Shi African Mask: A carved wooden elongated mask with heavy kaolin clay pigment and simplistic archaic facial features. Very rare Shi or Kwame peoples mask - Maniema province, DR Congo - Belgian private collection; Ex.

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A Rare Lega Double Mask Ex Gerena Collection: A unusual carved wooden mask featuring two mask faces painted with kaolin clay pigment with incised linear designs. Lega peoples, DRC/Congo, central Africa. The mask measures 14 inches tall x 7 inches

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Extremely Rare Maniema Mask Ex Joseph Gerana Fine Arts: Extremely Rare Maniema mask, Possibly Shi or Zimba peoples, DRC/ Congo, Africa. Carved wood with Black and White pigments and bold archaic form. * A metal display stand can be included for an addition

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A Rare Kumu Smallpox mask Ex Joseph Gerena, New York: A very rare carved wooden mask with multiple round holes that emulate the small pox disease. Kumu peoples, DRC/ Congo, Africa. The mask measures 9.5 x 8.5 inches ( 14 inches tall on professional custo

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A Rare Shi or Kwame African mask Ex Joeseph Gerena NYC

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A carved wooden elongated mask with heavy kaolin clay pigment and simplistic archaic facial features. Very rare Shi or Kwame peoples mask - Maniema province, DR Congo - Belgian private collection; Ex. Joseph Gerena NY, C. 1989. The mask measures 12.5 x 7.5 inches. A metal display stand can be included for an additional $40.00

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A Rare Shi or Kwame African mask Ex Joeseph Gerena NYC

Name: A Rare Shi or Kwame African mask Ex Joeseph Gerena NYC
SKU: 94026607
Price: 3800 USD
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