![Rare Egyptian Ptolemaic Glass / Pottery Eyes (Bonhams): Ancient Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, Dynasties 26 through 30, ca. 662 to 315 BCE. An alluring and rare pair of arched deep blue glass eye rims with extended cosmetic lines, inlaid with white-painted t](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/333176/180116974_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718399015)
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![Rare Egyptian Ptolemaic Glass / Pottery Eyes (Bonhams): Ancient Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, Dynasties 26 through 30, ca. 662 to 315 BCE. An alluring and rare pair of arched deep blue glass eye rims with extended cosmetic lines, inlaid with white-painted t](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/333176/180116974_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718399015)
![A Makonde Body Mask, "njorowe": Körpermaske, "njorowe" Makonde, Tansania Mit Sockel / with base Holz. H 66 cm. Provenienz: - Cornette de Saint Cyr, Paris, 30.06.1994, Lot 74. - Schweizer Privatsammlung, Basel. Von Bernard Dulon](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5382/333074/179801049_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718142038)
![Baule Bronze Scorpion Mask: Bronze mask with the refined facial features typical of Baule masks. The finial a male figure with hands bound behind his back, the typical lobed coiffure ending in scorpion pincers, the beard a scorp](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3585/333643/180230207_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718581801)
![Yaure Mask, Ivory Coast: Large, downcast eyes under arching brows, below three pairs of inward-curving horns, the delicate face with openwork sawtooth rim. On custom gallery stand. Mask, approx. 18" H x 9 3/4" W x 4" D. Total](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3585/333643/180230322_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718581801)
![Senufo Kpelie Mask, Ivory Coast: Carved wood kpelie mask with pregnant female finial, details highlighted with red pigment and kaolin. Old insect damage. On custom gallery stand. Mask, approx. 7" W x 13 1/2" H x 4" D. Total height wi](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3585/333643/180230252_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718581801)
![African Masks: Two African wooden Makonde pig masks. Largest 12" L..](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1122/332252/179210230_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717432170)
![Baule "Mblo" Portrait Mask, Ivory Coast: Carved wood mask with elaborately arranged hair, large coffee bean eyes, keloid-scarred cheeks, long slender nose, lips thrust forward with an o-shaped opening, and plaited beard. (Stable) age cracks,](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3585/333643/180230232_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718581801)
![Dogon Mask, Mali: Carved wood mask whitened with kaolin, with human and animal facial features, having small round ears, deep-set eyes beneath round forehead and overhanging brows, long slender nose with a pronounced b](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3585/333643/180230229_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718581801)
![Bamana Bronze Monkey Mask: With heavy brow over small, close-set eyes and with small round ears. Incised detail. On custom gallery stand. Mask approx. 10" H x 6" W x 4 1/2" D. Total height with stand, approx. 13 1/2". Provenanc](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3585/333643/180230223_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718581801)
![Lot of 2 African Wooden Primitive Tribal Masks Kifwebe & Painted Tongue: Lot of 2 African Wooden Primitive Tribal Masks Kifwebe & Painted Tongue. 1). The first appears to be a male Kifwebe Mask. Songye People D. R. Congo. defined by the rows of grooves on the mask. The mas](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1183/321967/176708993_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1714399302)
![Baga Nimba Female Shoulder Mask, Guinea: Large finely carved mask worn on the shoulders, embodying female fertility and power. On custom gallery stand. Total height approx. 62". (157.5 cm.) Provenance: The Collection of Dr. Juris & Ingrida S](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3585/333643/180230400_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718581801)
![Baga Nimba Shoulder Mask: Large mask of a female figure worn on the shoulders and looming high above the dancer's head. The head with plaited coiffure, the cranial crest extending down to the tip of the nose. With small, wide-](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3585/333643/180230409_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718581801)
![Kota Mbole Embole Mask: Carved wood mask with high crest extending to tip of narrow nose, protruding mouth, and small tab beard, bisecting the face which is blackened on one side. Four sets of arches rise above the half-clos](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3585/333643/180230337_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718581801)
![Dyula Dioula Diula Bronze Mask: Do society mask in bronze, the horned head surmounted by a miniature mask. Dyoula people, West Africa. On custom gallery stand. Mask alone, approx. 12 1/4" H x 7" W x 3" D. Total height with stand, ap](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3585/333643/180230203_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718581801)
![Senufo Bronze Mask: Bronze mask with calao (hornbill) finial. Senufo artist, Ivory Coast. On custom gallery stand. Approx. 13" H x 6" W x 4 1/2" D. Total height with stand, approx. 17 3/4". Provenance: The Collection of](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3585/333643/180230206_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718581801)
![Old Baule Portrait Mask, Congo: Exquisitely carved mask depicting and honoring an individual female member of the community. In this example the particular beauty and spirit of the woman depicted is palpably present. The hair is ela](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3585/333643/180230366_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718581801)
![Mbole Mask, D. R. Congo: Anthropomorphic mask with simplified, abstract features, the bulging brow coming to a point over a mask-like, whitened orbital plane bisected by the ridge of the narrow nose. The mouth just a rounded](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3585/333643/180230294_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718581801)
![Kota Helmet Mask, Gabon: With blade shaped crest atop cylindrical helmet with bold, abstract features in black and white pigment. On custom gallery stand. Mask, approx. 20 1/2" H x 10" W x 8" D. Total height with stand, appro](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3585/333643/180230293_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718581801)
![Fine Old Igbo Agbogho Mmwo Mask, Nigeria: Old hardwood "Maiden Spirit" helmet mask, with towering openwork headdress above well-carved face with pigment and relief and incised embellishment; appears to have age but condition is very good. On](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3585/333643/180230354_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718581801)
![Bwa Butterfly Mask, Burkina Faso: Large carved and pigmented wood mask representing a butterfly, the broad wings marked with concentric circles on the front and a black and white checkered pattern on the back. Bwa Yehoti masks are use](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3585/333643/180230288_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718581801)
![Bwa Plank Mask, Burkina Faso: Tall mask of abstract form; at the bottom a round owl-like face with large round eyes and diagonal markings, a hole with projecting rim between the eyes for the dancer to see through. Above this a dia](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3585/333643/180230233_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718581801)
![Stunning Inca Gold Mask w/ Repousse Features: Pre-Columbian, North Coast of Peru, Lambayeque Valley, Inca Empire, ca. 1200 to 1500 CE. A beautiful funerary mask of rectangular form, perhaps of royal origin, that is shaped from hammered sheets of](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/333176/179974501_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718311641)
![Three Dan Passport Masks, Liberia: All on custom gallery stands. Largest mask, approx. 5 1/4" x 3 3/4". Total height, with stand, approx. 9 7/8" H. Provenance: The Collection of Dr. Juris & Ingrida Simanis, Lexington, Virginia. Ex Thom](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3585/333643/180230305_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718581801)
![Mama / Kantana Crest Mask, Nigeria: Head crest in highly abstract zoomorphic form, the round head with long curved horns placed one in front of the other, a pair of tubular eyes, and a flared, beak-like mouth. Upper horn with red pigmen](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3585/333643/180230280_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718581801)
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Olmec masks reveal an ancient Central American culture
NEW YORK — The Olmec people are believed to be the earliest civilization in Central America, and they lived from about 1200 to 400 BCE in what is now Mexico. They were masters of stonework, and their mask sculptures rank among their most compelling artworks. Although some Olmec masks were worn over the face, most […]
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NEW YORK – The many faces of tribal Africa are mirrored in a Jasper52 auction to be held Sunday, Oct. 2. The African art auction is composed of more than 40 tribal masks and complemented by related items.
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Native American masks sold in France despite protests
PARIS (AFP) – Some 250 sacred Native American, Eskimo andpre-Colombian artifacts went under the hammer in France on Monday despite strong opposition from the Navajo and Hopi tribes who traveled to Paris to try to halt the sale. It was the fourth time in two years that sacred masks from the Hopi tribe have been […]
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Ancient stone masks go on display at Israel Museum
JERUSALEM (AP) – The oldest known masks in the world went on display in Jerusalem on Tuesday in the largest-ever exhibit of the ghoulish faces, believed to have been created in the Holy Land thousands of years before the time of the Bible. The 11 stone masks, said to have been discovered in the Judean […]