![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)
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Masks
![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)
![Large Hand Carved Wood Tribal Mask on Stand: Large Hand Carved Wood Tribal Mask on Stand . Primitive carved mask from a tree. Wonderful detail and realistic features. The sits upon a hand made wood stand for easy display. There natural cracks in](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1183/321967/176345916_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1713898021)
![Large Nefana Bedu Plank Mask: Monumental mask of abstract form, with a triangular portion below a central narrower rectangular section pierced with three square holes through which the dancer sees, and with unpainted horizontal an](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3585/333643/180230327_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718581801)
![Republic of Congo, Ceremonial Wood Dance Mask: Republic of Congo, Ceremonial Wood Dance Mask Early 20th Century, on a metal stand. Height 10 in. Width 6 in. Provenance: Formerly the Property of Lynn University Gift of Arthur B. Steinman, 2000](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1415/329115/178196905_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)
![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)
![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)
![PUNU MASK Gabon Wood and pigments H: 31cm: PUNU MASK Gabon Wood and pigments H: 31cm](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/533/332465/179306642_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717601045)
![EGYPTIAN NEW KINGDOM WOODEN SARCOPHAGUS LID WITH GILDED MASK: Ca. 1550 - 1069 BCA large and finely carved Egyptian wooden sarcophagus mask. Made from cedar covered with gesso painted in brick-red, yellow and blue shades, this mask is presented with realistic fac](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/6054/333436/180105544_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718399129)
![Lega Miniature Mask (Lukwakongo) D. R. Congo: Poignant miniature Bwami Society mask with simplified facial features in a whitened, heart shaped face within a blackened oval. Holes along lower perimeter for raffia collar. On custom gallery stand.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3585/333643/180230268_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718581801)
![African Mask: Carved wooden African Ligbe tribe Ghana warthog mask. 21" L..](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1122/332252/179210254_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717432170)
![Baga or Yoruba Body Mask: Carved and painted body mask of a pregnant woman with a huge black and white serpent draped over the swollen breasts and round, pregnant belly. There are diamond shapes carved on the tops of the breas](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3585/333643/180230452_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718581801)
![Punu 'Okuyi' Mask, Gabon: Punu mask depicting the tribal ideal of female beuaty, with large eyes and lips, dainty nose, full arched brows, elaborate coiffure, and diamond shaped scarification between brows. Carved hardwood, th](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3585/333643/180230389_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718581801)
![Two Italian Faience Polychromed Masks of a Lion and Cheetah: Two Italian Faience Polychromed Masks of a Lion and Cheetah, 20th Century. Each realistically modeled, and stamped 'MADE IN ITALY'. Dimensions: Height of lion 18 1/2in; width 15 1/2in; depth 1](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/6623/332861/179645541_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717933419)
![Polynesian Tiki Mask: Carved coconut palm Polynesian Tiki mask. 12" L..](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1122/332252/179210256_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717432170)
![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)
![Two Miniature Lega Masks: To include a Lega bi-color mask with one half of its concave, heart shaped face red and the other side white, and a Lega mask with slightly concave facial plane, straight nose, slit eyes with puffy li](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3585/333643/180230456_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718581801)
![Chokwe Mwana Pwo Mask, Angola: Female ancestor mask with high, rounded coiffure and relief carved cruciform mark on brow. On custom gallery stand. Mask, approx. 10" H x 8" W x 6 1/4" D. Total height with stand, approx. 18 1/2". Pro](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3585/333643/180230412_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)
![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)
![Lulua Helmet Mask, D. R. Congo: Large anthropomorphic face mask, with horn-like cranial protrusion carved with concentric circles, huge concave eye sockets whitened with kaolin, and looping curvilinear keloid scars. Remnants of nett](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3585/333643/180230353_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)
![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)
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 […]