![LEGA Wood idimu Mask Bwami Cult Congo Zaire DRC African Tribal Art 1601: CONGO DRC LEGA BWAMI IDIMU MASK Idimu masks are significantly larger than Lukwakongo masks, but stylistically very close These are collective masks used during ceremonies for high-ranking people of th](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/332610/179399928_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718142875)
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![LEGA Wood idimu Mask Bwami Cult Congo Zaire DRC African Tribal Art 1601: CONGO DRC LEGA BWAMI IDIMU MASK Idimu masks are significantly larger than Lukwakongo masks, but stylistically very close These are collective masks used during ceremonies for high-ranking people of th](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/332610/179399928_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718142875)
![LEGA idimu bwami Mask Bwami Cult Congo Zaire DRC African Tribal Art 1201: CONGO DRC LEGA Idimu Bwami mask Idimu masks are significantly larger than Lukwakongo masks, but stylistically very close These are collective masks used during ceremonies for high-ranking people of th](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/332610/179399824_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718142875)
![LEGA cute Lukwakongo Mask cult of the Bwami Congo Drc African Tribal Art 1130: LEGA cute Lukwakongo mask Lukwakongo maskettes are small and light wooden masks belonging to high-ranking members of the Bwami (rank Yananio) This type of mask was used in the cult of the Bwami, a lev](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/332610/179399831_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718142875)
![Devi Mask: 18 inch Height x 10.4 inch Width x 3.3 inch Depth Reserve: $269.00 Shipping: Domestic: Shipping rates are determined by destination International: Foreign shipping rates are determined by destination.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/331793/178979322_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717530554)
![Powerfull BOA Pongdudu Warrior Mask Congo Drc African Tribal Art 1213: CONGO DRC BOA PEOPLE PONGDUDU RARE WAR AND DANCE MASK According to most authors, these masks were worn by the bravest warriors, giving them an image of invulnerability. Boa live in the north of the De](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/332610/179399962_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718142875)
![RARE ! HEMBA Cute Anthropomorphic Face Mask Congo DRC African Tribal Art 0939: Description en français ci-dessous - French description below CONGO DRC RARE LITTLE MASK HEMBA Rare little anthropomorphic mask. This mask has about the same size as the small zoomorphic and anth](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/332610/179399986_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718142875)
![Large KOMO - KUMU wood Mask Ituri Congo Drc African Tribal Art Gallery TA1689: CONGO DRC LARGE KUMU - KOMO NSEMBU MASK The "Nsembu" masks were used during the initiation rites of the "secret" divination society Nkunda The Kumu are a Bantu people living in the equatorial forest o](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/332610/179399974_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718142875)
![LEGA Idimu heart-shaped Bwami wood Mask Congo Drc African Tribal Art 0908: CONGO RDC Beautiful LEGA Mask Bwami's cult Mask, very beautiful typically heart-shaped face The mouth is almost invisible at first glance, It is right under the chin A mask with a similar shape can be](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/332610/179399970_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718142875)
![Rare YELA MBOLE BAMBOLE Lilwa Mask Congo Rdc Zaire Kongo African Tribal Art 1367: CONGO DRC YELA Lilwa Society Mask The Yela are a people whose rites have remained quite mysterious to us. They are culturally close to the Mbole, a little better known, with whom they share the cult o](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/332610/179399965_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718142875)
![Cute LEGA Lukwakongo Mask Cult of the Bwami Congo DRC African Tribal Art 1566: CONGO DRC Cute Lukwakongo LEGA Mask Lukwakongo maskettes are small and light wooden masks belonging to high-ranking members of the Bwami (rank Yananio) This type of mask was used in the cult of the Bw](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/332610/179399947_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718142875)
![BOA Pongdudu Warrior Mask Congo Drc African Tribal Art 1690: CONGO DRC BOA PEOPLE PONGDUDU RARE WAR AND DANCE MASK According to most authors, these masks were worn by the bravest warriors, giving them an image of invulnerability. Boa live in the north of the De](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/332610/179399939_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718142875)
![Cute LEGA Lukwakongo Mask Bwami Congo DRC African Tribal Art 1510: CONGO DRC Cute Lukwakongo LEGA Mask Lukwakongo maskettes are small and light wooden masks belonging to high-ranking members of the Bwami (rank Yananio) This type of mask was used in the cult of the Bw](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/332610/179399938_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718142875)
![SHI Rare Powerful & Impressive Mask neighbors Lega Congo African Tribal Art 0900: CONGO DRC Rare SHI Mask Bushi Masks are rare. On this one, we observe as scarifications the typical patterns of hatched triangles often seen on the vessels of the tribe. The Shi are a Bantu people est](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/332610/179399931_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718142875)
![Beautiful African Mask LEGA Lukwakongo Cult of Bwami Congo Drc Tribal Art 1511: CONGO DRC Cute Lukwakongo LEGA Mask Lukwakongo maskettes are small and light wooden masks belonging to high-ranking members of the Bwami (rank Yananio) This type of mask was used in the cult of the Bw](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/332610/179399835_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718142875)
![Beautiful &Large Metoko Mask Mituku Congo African Tribal Art MC 1872: CONGO DRC Large Metoko Mask Settled in the heart of the equatorial forest, in the region of the Middle Lwalaba, the Metoko would be the descendants of Lega migrants (according to the oral tradition of](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/332610/179399811_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718142875)
![Congo Drc NIce Anthropomorphic NGBAKA wooden Face Mask African Tribal Art 1641: CONGO RDC NGBAKA ANTHROPOMORPHIC MASK or neighboring people of Ubangi Nice three-tone mask The Ngbaka or Bwaka live in the north of the Congo, in the Ubangi area (or Ubangi) They are the neighbors of](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/332610/179399927_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718142875)
![BEMBE zoomorphic initiation owl mask Congo Drc African Tribal Art MC1929: CONGO DRC Superb BEMBE zoomorphic mask Eluba ya butende In "Masks in Congo", Pol Pierre Gossiaux, undisputed specialist of the Bembe describes them as ambiguous and polysemous "owl" (cwecwe) masks, wh](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/332610/179399786_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718142875)
![Elegant Lega idimu Wooden Mask Bwami Congo Drc Zaire African Tribal Art mc 1867: CONGO DRC Powerful idimu LEGA mask The face is heart-shaped and whitened with kaolin, two very typical characteristics of the masks of this people. Idimu masks are significantly larger than Lukwakongo](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/332610/179399949_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718142875)
![Rare initiation GOMA wood mask Congo DRC Bembe African Tribal Art 1110: CONGO DRC BEAUTIFUL & RARE GOMA MASK Beautiful large polychrome mask that is reminiscent of the initiation masks Butende des Bembe The eyes are in the center of huge kaolin bleached orbits, the decora](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/332610/179399850_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718142875)
![Large LEGA Wood idimu Mask Bwami Cult Congo Zaire DRC African Tribal Art 1552: CONGO DRC LARGE LEGA BWAMI IDIMU MASK The typical heart-shaped face is covered with kaolin Idimu masks are significantly larger than Lukwakongo masks, but stylistically very close These are collective](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/332610/179399825_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718142875)
![Beautiful MBOLE BAMBOLE Mask Congo Rdc Zaire Kongo African Tribal Art 1894: CONGO DRC MBOLE Lilwa Society Mask Bambole are a people whose rites have remained rather mysterious to us. The society of the Lilwa (which could be compared to the Bwami of the Lega) organized the soc](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/332610/179399953_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718142875)
![Cute Metoko Mask Mituku Bukota cult Congo Drc African Tribal Art MC 1892: CONGO DRC Cute Metoko Mask Bukota cult Settled in the heart of the equatorial forest, in the region of the Middle Lwalaba, the Metoko would be the descendants of Lega migrants (according to the oral t](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/332610/179399934_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718142875)
![Rare & Beautiful GOMA mask Congo DRC Bembe African Tribal Art 1757: CONGO DRC BEAUTIFUL & RARE GOMA MASK Beautiful large polychrome mask which is reminiscent of the Butende initiation masks of the Bembe . Thus, the eyes are in the center of immense orbits whitened wit](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/332610/179399963_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718142875)
![Large HEMBA Monkey Chimpanzee Soko Motu Mask Congo DRC African Tribal Art 1462: CONGO DRC LARGE HEMBA Zoomorphic Chimpanze Mask « Mwisi Gwa So’o » & « Soko Mutu » Unfortunately damaged The Hemba live in eastern Congo DRC, between the Lualaba river (Congo](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5584/332610/179399922_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718142875)
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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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Tribal masks embody African art auction Oct. 2
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 […]