![Mask Lot: Lot including New Guinea Yam Mask (24" L.), long carved wooden mask (40" L.), wood carving (29" L.).](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1122/332252/179210274_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717432170)
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Masks
![Mask Lot: Lot including New Guinea Yam Mask (24" L.), long carved wooden mask (40" L.), wood carving (29" L.).](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1122/332252/179210274_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717432170)
![Kwele Mask, Gabon: Large Bwete association type mask, with slanting, almond eyes in a heart shaped face, the stylized horns rising from the top of the head and joining below the face. Carved wood with kaolin pigment. Ap](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3585/333643/180230331_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718581801)
![Guro Mask, Ivory Coast: Small anthropomorphic mask with delicate female features, a pot with relief carved lizards on its sides carried atop the carefully arranged hair. The narrow face has round forehead, downcast eyes, sle](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3585/333643/180230449_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718581801)
![Guro Mask, Ivory Coast: Helmet mask, the coiffure with high central lobe , the heart shaped face with high arched brow, slender nose, small ears, the parted lips plump. Many relief carved keloids at brow, temples, cheeks, an](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3585/333643/180230444_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718581801)
![Luba Horned Helmet Mask, D. R. Congo: Round face with large coffee bean eyes within deep orbits, the straight nose extending from the join of the arched brows, and leading to the protruding lips above the plank beard. Most striking are th](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3585/333643/180230401_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718581801)
![Luba Round Kifwebe Mask, Congo: Round, convex mask with overall incised striations following the almond shape of the eye, and with square, protruding mouth. Holes along perimeter of mask for raffia beard / hair. On custom gallery st](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3585/333643/180230385_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718581801)
![Bozo Mask, Mali: Anthropomorphic wood mask incorporating many brass bosses and with cranial crest, sheet brass eyes, and. a pair of lizards carved on each side of the face. On custom gallery stand. Mask, approx. 17" H](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3585/333643/180230378_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718581801)
![Dan Horned Bird Mask, Liberia: Mask with animal and human features, the face with round tubular eyes, naturalistic nose and parted lips, the head surmounted by a pair of curved horns and, below the long ringed neck, a long pointed](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3585/333643/180230357_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718581801)
![Lobi Head Mask, Burkina Faso: Lobi head mask with cap-like coiffure, the tranquil face with well-formed features and with out-thrust, duck bill lips. Slightly flaky, encrusted surface. On custom gallery stand. Mask, approx. 13" H](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3585/333643/180230320_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718581801)
![Lobi Head Mask, Burkina Faso: Lobi mask in the form of a tranquil face with triple-crested coiffure. Flaking black surface. Appears to have wear. On custom gallery stand. Mask, approx. 13" H. x 7 1/4" W x 5 1/2" D. Total height wi](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3585/333643/180230319_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718581801)
![Lobi Head Mask, Burkina Faso: Lobi mask with wear inside and out, flaking substance to surface. Form of a tranquil face with crested coiffure. On gallery stand. Approx. 7" W x 12" H x 6" D. Total height with stand, approx. 21 1/2"](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3585/333643/180230317_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718581801)
![Articulated Bete / We Gre Mask, Ivory Coast: Intimidating mask with mouth that clacks open and shut, and with horns curving from the projecting brow inwards towards the bulging, cone-shaped eyes, another pair of horns meeting like brows over the](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3585/333643/180230257_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718581801)
![Lega Bwami Society Mask, D. R. Congo: Carved wood Bwami society type triple face mask with three heart shaped faces whitened with kaolin, the eyes, noses and brows black, On custom gallery stand. Mask, approx. 14" H x 8" W x 3 1/2" D. Tot](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3585/333643/180230240_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718581801)
![African Baule Bronze Mask: African Baule Bronze Mask, flattened form with stylized features, wearing headdress, in bronze with verdigris patination. Dimensions 7.5 x 6 in. Condition: Very good.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/6279/333420/180029507_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718385490)
![Cameroonian Carved Mask: A Cameroonian carved wooden mask with figural crests. Some wear and damage. 19" high. ESTIMATE $100-200 NOTE: From the collection of Fred Brown, Brighton, Michigan. Purchased in Africa during the 1980](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/999/333917/180425691_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718817990)
![Congolese Carved Sickness Mask: A Congolese carved wooden Sickness mask with figural crest and sides. Some wear, damage and shrinkage. 22" high. ESTIMATE $100-150 NOTE: From the collection of Fred Brown, Brighton, Michigan. Purchase](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/999/333917/180425690_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718817990)
![African Carved Dogon Mask: An African Dogon culture carved wooden mask. Zoomorphic mask with carved figure finial and polychrome decoration. Some wear and minor damage. 21" high. ESTIMATE $100-150 NOTE: From the collection of F](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/999/333917/180425689_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718817990)
![Bamana Ceremonial Iron Female Dance Mask, Mali: Bamana Ceremonial Iron Female Dance Mask, Mali 19th Century. almond slit eyes, elongated nose, and a closed mouth, with long pendant hair, with a red brown crusted patina, on a metal stand. Height 10](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1415/329115/177915513_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717446512)
![Bamun-Cameroon Royal Ox-Head Beaded Wood Dance Mask: Bamun-Cameroon Royal Ox-Head Beaded Wood Dance Mask First-half 20th Century. Multi-colored glass beads over wood, on a metal stand. Height 16 in., Width 8 in., Depth 17 in. Provenance: Property of Lyn](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1415/329115/178196245_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717446512)
![Man Ray - Kiki With African Mask: MAN RAY (1890-1976) Kiki With African Mask Printed by Neogravure Company, France 8" x 6"](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8622/332219/179183674_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717549800)
![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)
![A Congolese caryatid stool and a kifwebe mask of the Songye people: A Congolese caryatid stool and a kifwebe mask of the Songye peopleHölzerner Hocker mit von einer Karyatide getragener und messingbeschlagener Tafel. Der Kopf der Frau mit geprägtem Blech und Glasper](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/482/332826/179706828_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718214620)
![A death mask, a Ushabti, an oil lamp and a ritual cone with hieroglyphs, Egypt, 15th/1st C. B.C.: H.: 23,2 cm (the mask, excl. stand) H.: 6,9 cm (the ushabti) Provenance: - The collection of Mr. and Mrs. S., Ghent, Belgium.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/4375/332542/179376751_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717672432)
![A yellow jade carving of a human face with bird mask, Qijia Culture style, probably Neolithic period: A yellow jade carving of a human face with bird mask, Qijia Culture style, probably Neolithic period of Qijia style, includes a prominent, stylised human face with exaggerated features, the face detai](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/8232/331315/178696485_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716799780)
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![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 […]