![Pair We / Guere War Masks / Gela Masks,: Pair of gela ("the ancient one") masks, the faces completely covered in blackened horns, these somewhat encrusted with organic residue of ritual material. Both with thick bundled raffia rims and cloth](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3585/333643/180230224_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718581801)
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Masks
![Pair We / Guere War Masks / Gela Masks,: Pair of gela ("the ancient one") masks, the faces completely covered in blackened horns, these somewhat encrusted with organic residue of ritual material. Both with thick bundled raffia rims and cloth](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3585/333643/180230224_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)
![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)
![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)
![Bidjogo Bull Mask, Guinea-Bissau: Mask in the form of the head and muscular neck of a bull, as used during Bidjogo male initiation rites. Carved of dense, heavy wood, incorporating real buffalo horns, rope, and with chips of green gla](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3585/333643/180230286_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718581801)
![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)
![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)
![Tribal Mask, Gabon: Possibly Tsogo/ Mitsogo or Vuvi. Shield shaped face below flat-top head with cranial ridge. Face with white pigment on one side, dark reddish brown pigment on the other, with contrasting arcs of color](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3585/333643/180230388_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)
![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)
![Old Luba Bird Mask, Angola: Carved wood mask with rich patina, large slanted almond shaped eyes, downward curving beak. With old laced rope reinforcement or repair above left eye. Inset rectangular panel of woven cane over mouth](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3585/333643/180230201_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718581801)
![Kuba Kingdom Carved Wood Helmet Mask: Kuba Kingdom Burlap Covered Hand-Carved Wood Helmet Mask, embellished with beads and cowrie shells, together with a metal stand. Overall: 14.5" H x 9" W x 10" D. Keywords: African Art, Ceremonial, Art](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5649/330233/178026758_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715975563)
![Large Kwakwaka'wakw Huk-huk Raven Mask by Simon Dick: **This item is heavy/oversized and will require 3rd party shipping. Please inquire about shipping cost prior to bidding.** Simon Dick "Tanis" (First Nations Canadian, Kwakwaka'wakw, b. 1951). "Hoh Hok](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/333176/180357605_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718746494)
![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)
![Dan Miniature Mask: Small but striking miniature zoomorphic mask with attached amulet bundles. On custom gallery stand. Mask alone, approx. 4 1/4" H x 2" W. Total height with stand, approx. 7 1/4" H. Provenance: The Coll](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3585/333643/180230302_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)
![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)
![Dan Bronze Mask: Anthro-zoomorphic mask in bronze with large round eyes, small human nose, and in place of the lips a curved, open avian beak. Bronze with a dark, blackish patina. On custom gallery stand. Mask alone,](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3585/333643/180230205_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718581801)
![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)
![ANCIENT PRE COLUMBIAN TEOTIHUACAN CARVED JADE MASK: A small ancient Pre columbian Olmec jade mask from Mexico, ca. 900 to 600 BC. A carved green maskette is carved in the form of a human face, with traces of oxidation. It is a stunning artifact from th](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/6975/333397/180018403_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718372239)
![Dan Passport Mask, Liberia: Miniature Dan mask, with round protruding forehead, pointed chin. Encrusted surface. Appears to have age. On custom gallery stand. Mask, approx. 5" H x 3" W. Total height with stand, approx. 10". Prov](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3585/333643/180230339_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718581801)
![Guro Miniature Mask, Ivory Coast: Anthro-zoomorphic mask in the dual form of a human face and a pair of birds, their long necks and pointed beaks curving down over the front of the face like horns. On custom gallery stand. Mask approx](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3585/333643/180230270_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718581801)
![Bassa Gela / Geh-Naw Mask, Liberia: Ridged coiffure above rounded brow slanting inwards towards nearly closed eyes, the relief carved outline of the eyes extending to rim the small ears. The nose and finely modeled cheeks slant outwards](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3585/333643/180230258_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718581801)
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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 […]