![Bobo 'Molo' Helmet Mask, Burkina Faso: Large mask with long, inward-curving horns, cranial crest, the top rounded to the brow, the plank-shaped lower portion bisected by the long square ridge of the nose, flanked by carved saw-tooth patter](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3585/333643/180230382_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718581801)
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Masks
![Bobo 'Molo' Helmet Mask, Burkina Faso: Large mask with long, inward-curving horns, cranial crest, the top rounded to the brow, the plank-shaped lower portion bisected by the long square ridge of the nose, flanked by carved saw-tooth patter](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3585/333643/180230382_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718581801)
![Lega Mask, D. R. Congo: Nearly flat-back Bwami Society type mask with concave, heart-shaped facial plane having small, rectangular eye holes, long straight nose, and slit mouth with incised lines to indicate teeth. Surface w](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3585/333643/180230250_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718581801)
![Baule Nda Mask, Ivory Coast: Carved wood double mask, the twin faces nearly identical but carved with subtle differences, both with elaborate carved topknots or headdresses, and both faces surrounded by saw-tooth borders. On cust](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3585/333643/180230239_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718581801)
![Chokwe Mwana Pwo Mask, Angola: Smallish carved wood mask with typical cruciform mark on brow, stylized tears, facial scarification, and filed teeth. With metal earrings and rope netting hood. On custom gallery stand. Mask, approx.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3585/333643/180230265_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718581801)
![Igbo Agbogho Mmwo Mask, Nigeria: Igbo 'maiden spirit' helmet mask, the high coiffure and headdress with an upright central knob joining two tusk-like projections front and back. The heart-shaped face with downcast eyes, aquiline nose](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3585/333643/180230425_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1719006322)
![Grebo Mask, Liberia: Flat back Grebo mask of striking abstract form, with large protruding peg eyes with cavities above and below, a long straight nose, and a protruding square mouth with zigzag teeth. Against the crusty](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3585/333643/180230453_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718581801)
![A group of assorted masks: A group of assorted masks20th centuryArticulated mask marked to verso with possible accession numbers: 785 / AF240Comprising a Benin patinated bronze leopard head from Nigeria, a carved and ebonized w](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/255/332540/179372315_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717814560)
![INUPIAT SPIRIT MASK BY ALASKA NATIVE L SACCHEUS: Soapstone and wood mask encircled by wood hoop (6 inches diameter) with soapstone animal fetishes and feather accents. Top center walrus tusks of baleen. Made by artist Lenwood Saccheus of Elim, Alask](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/368/332633/179411182_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717718201)
![A COPPER REPOUSSE RITUAL MASK OF MAHAKALA, 19TH CENTURY: A COPPER REPOUSSE RITUAL MASK OF MAHAKALA, 19TH CENTURY Tibet. Well modeled with a wrathful expression marked by large bulging eyes below bushy brows, centered by a third eye, a wide nose above an ope](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/2748/331488/178780920_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716989988)
![(8) FOLK ART POLYCHROME CARVED WOOD DANCE MASKS: (8) Collection of folk art polychromed carved figural wood dance masks, highlights include: (3) painted with silver accents on teeth, (one) Tepemaxac, Mexico, (one) Atlapexco, Mexico, (one) incised &q](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/21/334068/180506676_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718918057)
![Small Chokwe Mwana Pwo Mask w/ Hood, Angola: With lobed coiffure, cruciform mark in relief above coffee bean eyes set in large orbits above high cheekbones, the protruding mouth open to show two rows of filed teeth. Knotted string hood attached.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3585/333643/180230413_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718581801)
![WWII GERMAN M30 GAS MASK WITH CANNISTER NAMED: WWII GERMAN M30 GAS MASK WITH CANNISTER. NAMED INSIDE COMPLETE SET WITH EXTRA LENSE COVERS. GAS MAST IS STIFF . CANVAS PULL OPEN STRAP AND BELT STRAP. NICE OVERALL WITH ORIGINALLY PAINTED FINISH .](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/6717/328483/179696927_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718150085)
![Yup'ik Walrus Tusk Spirit Mask - Dale T. Smith, Sr.: A spirit wheel featuring a central walrus tusk mask depicting a head with salmon gripped within its teeth. The mask is surrounded by a white ring, and further accented with symbolic avian figures. Sig](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/6470/334080/180512123_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718928559)
![LOT OF GRENADE & DETONATOR & NBC BAG FOR MASK: 1-Round Bakelite grenade with detonator and Pin & Ring unkown mfg. 1- Remote detonator with trip wire pin unkown mfg. 1- Bio-Chem bag for gas mask.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3324/332412/179275203_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717599377)
![(6) FOLK ART POLYCHROME CARVED WOOD CEREMONIAL MASKS: (lot of 6) Collection of folk art polychromed carved wood ceremonial masks, highlights include: (1) figural mask with two faces, necklace with painted skulls, (11) head of a man with articulated](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/21/334068/180506675_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718918057)
![Zeiss 7x50H, Kriegsmarine, Gas Mask, 1936: Zeiss 7x50H, Kriegsmarine, Gas Mask, 1936SN 1695709. Die linke Abdeckung gemarkt mit "T" über Zeiss Logo, darunter "7x50H", die rechte Adler über "M" über "Artl. / 227G". Beidseitige Okularverstell](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/482/332831/179711336_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718214339)
![ANTIQUE PUNA AFRICAN FACE HELMET MASK: Very nice wood and pigment Puna mask as seen-Measures 16" tall-has some loss to wood at top as seen-provenance:From the Estate of Barbara Kanash art dealer and collector Saddle River NJ----Purchases c](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/7100/325580/178733091_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718896463)
![Exceptional Ibibio Eket Painted Wood Mask, 20th c.: West Africa, Nigeria, Ibibio Eket painted wood mask 20th century. Well carved and painted mask with horns, colored black beard, bright red lips and pierced openwork teeth. The eyes appear to be shut a](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/4859/333873/180406239_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718764212)
![WWII GERMAN GAS MASK CAPE POUCH SS BLUE TREAD COLOR STITCHING: WWII GERMAN GAS MASK CAPE POUCH SS BLUE TREAD COLOR STITCHING . GOOD CONDITION.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/6717/328483/179696931_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718150085)
![WWII GERMAN GAS MASK CAPE POUCH MARKED: WWII GERMAN GAS MASK CAPE POUCH MARKED . MINT CONDITION .](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/6717/328483/179696930_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718150085)
![Yup'ik Walrus Tusk & Baleen Spirit Mask - Franklin Matchian: A spirit mask featuring a walrus tusk face mounted upon four thick baleen rods within a tusk ring tied into place with four lengths of sinew; three carved tusk salmon, two ring seals, two hands, and a](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/6470/334079/180512061_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718927847)
News about Masks
![Olmec masks reveal an ancient Central American culture](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/large-jade-1.png)
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 […]
![Tribal masks embody African art auction Oct. 2](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/47944668_1_x-FEAT.jpg)
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.
![Native American masks sold in France despite protests](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/2013_0403_ParisAuction_lead.jpg)
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 […]
![Ancient stone masks go on display at Israel Museum](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/2014_0313_Masksgroup2_lead.jpg)
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 […]