Makuta Gabon Hausa Harvest Fertility Mask, Nigeria

A group of Four West African Objects. Wood. ++ Baule Drum Beater. Feathers, natural fibers. Ivory Coast. 9" x 10 1/4". ++ Hausa Forehead Mask. Natural fibers, hide. Nigeria. 11 1/8" x 14 1/4". ++ Yoru

Wonderful wooden belly mask from the YORUBA tribe, Nigeria. This kind of masks symbolize fertility and are also thought to be worn during boys`initiation ceremonies. Good used condition with slight tr

Tall carved wooden mask with highly stylized facial features and geometric forms, surmounted by a tall blade like finial. From The Afikpo peoples, Nigeria, Africa. Mounted to custom display stand.

Item/Description: Decorative hand carved two-face helmet mask. From a region of Nigeria known for its complex and diverse mask making tradition. (Igbo Ikorodo, Ceremonial, Harvest, Tribal, Primitive,

Group (5) West African style masks, Including a large donkey and bird-form Bobo mask, Burkina Faso, a large Fang monkey mask, a Punu, Gabon and an Igbo mask, Nigeria, 23"l (largest), 10"l (smallest) P

Ogoni and Punu Peoples, (2) carved wood masks, Including a small Ogoni Elu talking mask, Nigeria, 9"h, and a Punu style mask, Gabon, 13"h Provenance: Estate of Distinguished Professor Philip Gould, NY

Three African wood carved masks to include a Chamba tribe horned mask, Nigeria, 20"h, a Yaure Mask, Ivory Coast, and a Fang Pangwe mask, Gabon, 16 1/2"h

A group of four African masks. ++ Horned mask with raffia and hair. ++ Punu style helmet mask. Gabon, Punu style. ++ Maiden Spirit mask. Nigeria, Igbo style. ++ Mask with multiple faces. Provenance: E

Comprising a Yoruba Tribe mask from Nigeria, West Africa, a Balumbo Punu mask from Gabon and a Balwalwa Tribe mask from Zaire, Central Africa. 12"h

Ibo or Igbo are known for masquerades associated with the Iko Okochi harvest festival, in which the forms of the masks are determined by tradition, the festival theme content varies yearly. The Igbo u

**First Time At Auction** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba, ca. early to mid-20th century. A hand carved wooden fertility / birthing body mask worn during Gelede celebrations, rendered in the form of a pr

Ibo or Igbo are known for masquerades associated with the Iko Okochi harvest festival, in which the forms of the masks are determined by tradition, the festival theme content varies yearly. The Igbo u

African Ibibio Sickness Mask, Nigeria. Carved wood; articulated jaw. On stand. Ex. Estate Collection Isadore and Nancy Marder, Philadelphia. Size: 10'' x 5.5'' x 4'' (25 x 14 x 10 cm); Height on stand

African Igbo Mask, Nigeria. Wood, cloth and pigment. Stand not included. Provenance: Collection of Allan Stone, New York. Size: 47'' x 18'' x 18'' (119 x 46 x 46 cm).

wood, brown patina, polychrome paint, the whole face coated with grooved parallel - partly openworked - scarifications, a standing human figure on each side of the temples (partly wrapped in leather),

Afikpo Igbo "Otogho" Mask, Nigeria. Carved wood, pigment and plant fiber. Provenance: Ex. Estate Collection Isadore and Nancy Marder, Philadelphia. Purchased 1972 from Rene Rasmussen, AAA, 38, rue de

(MIDDLE BENUE) 20th c. Jointed, carved wood, paint, metal 57 1/4" x 16" x 16" Provenance: Allan Stone Collection, New York The largest and most ethnically and geographically complex within Nigeria’s

20th c. Carved and etched wood, paint 13" x 10" x 8" Provenance: Private Collection, Europe Sotheby's New York, 5 May 1997, Lot 57 Allan Stone Collection, New York Neighbors to the Igbo, the Ibibio li

African Yoruba Okorosia Mask, Nigeria. Carved wood and pigment. On stand. Provenance: Ex. Estate Collection Isadore and Nancy Marder, Philadelphia; Size: 52'' x 7'' x 6'' (132 x 18 x 15 cm).

Yoruba Epa painted wood helmet mask (Nigeria)Helmet Mask(Source: imodara.com) Epa helmet masks are used to promote health and wellbeing within a community by celebrating and honouring ancestors, cultu

Bini Mask, Nigeria Wood, pigments, ritual patination Height 11in (28cm) Provenance Count Rudolph de la Burde Collection De la Burde was a Polish industrialist who began collecting African art in 1916

African Yoruba Egungun Mask, Nigeria. Carved wood,pigment, fabric. Used in performances in reverence to an ancestor. Size: 10'' x 6.5'' x 7.5'' (25 x 17 x 19 cm); Height on stand: 22" (56 cm).

African Waja Shoulder Mask, Nigeria. Carved and paint decorated wood with metal. On stand. Provenance: Collection of Allan Stone, New York. Size: 48'' x 11.5'' x 12.5'' (122 x 29 x 32 cm).

20th c. Carved wood, paint 22" x 14" x 14" Provenance: Allan Stone Collection, New York Among the Western Yoruba, nocturnal and diurnal masquerade performance (efe and gelede) honor the spiritual powe