![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)
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Masks
![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)
![Japanese Tengu and Bugaku Painted Masks, Pair: Two Japanese Tengu and Bugaku Painted Masks, painted and carved wood with hanging hardware, Tengu painted mask with red skin and inlaid horse hair beard, Bugaku Theater Mask of Nasori demon mask with](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5649/333144/179840142_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718227312)
![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)
![Dan Passport Mask, Liberia: Carved wood mask the cranial ridge extending down the steeply angled brow to tip of nose, echoed in central axis of chin. On custom gallery stand. Mask, approx. 6" x 3 3/4". Total height with stand, a](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3585/333643/180230275_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718581801)
![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)
![Teke Tsaye Kidumu Mask, Congo: Disc shaped mask with highly abstract relief carved features / symbols in black and red on white ground. Approx. 13" x 14". (33 x 35.5 cm.) Provenance: The Collection of Dr. Juris & Ingrida Simanis, L](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3585/333643/180230433_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718581801)
![Fang Aduma Mask, Gabon: Carved wood mask with relief-carved corona, small features in a whitened face, on custom gallery stand. Mask, approx. 17" H x 9 1/2" W x 6" D. Total height with stand, approx. 19 1/2". Provenance: The](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3585/333643/180230424_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718581801)
![Fang 'Ngil' Mask, Gabon: Large helmet mask with cranial ridge bisecting the bulging forehead, the arched brows joined at the center and continuing at the outer edge to create a heart shaped border around the face, terminating](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3585/333643/180230386_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718581801)
![Bembe Mask, Congo: Large carved polychrome mask, the huge concave eye orbits with red and white pigment, the unpainted portion of the mask of deep brown wood with incised facial decoration highlighted with kaolin. On cu](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3585/333643/180230373_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718581801)
![Lega Mask, Congo: Round mask, the slightly concave face with minimalist features, the surface of the face with orange-red pigment. Three short dark vertical lines on each cheek and parallel horizontal lines at the temp](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3585/333643/180230370_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)
![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)
![African Bwa Ceremonial Wood Mask: African Bwa Ceremonial Painted and Carved Wood Mask, with applied burlap braids, 20th century. 27.75" H x 8" W x 11" D. Provenance: From a Manhattan collector. Keywords: Head crest, African Art, Cerem](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/5649/333144/179840253_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718227312)
![Senufo People, (2) carved wood masks: Senufo People, (2) carved wood masks, 20th c., West Africa, 13.5"h x 7"w x 3"d (slightly larger example) Provenance: The Estate of Philip Martin Pearlstein, NYC](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/188/333754/180612294_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1719099367)
![African Ngbaka or Ngbandi Initiation Mask: African Ngbaka or Ngbandi Initiation Mask, Central Africa, Zaire, concave face with lozenge shaped eyes, triangular nose and lozenge shaped open mouth, the face pigmented with white kaolin clay, with](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/6279/333420/180029505_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718385490)
![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)
![African Dance Mask - Aboriginal Indigenous Art: African Dance Mask - Aboriginal Indigenous Art - Wood ritualware from the Dan people of the Ivory Coast of Africa. Oval-shaped dance mask with vertical ridge in center of protruding forehead, narrow r](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1406/332444/179594147_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718060544)
![Large porcelain lidded storage jar. China. 19th century. Cylindrical form with lion mask lugs.: Large porcelain lidded storage jar. China. 19th century. Cylindrical form with lion mask lugs. Underglaze blue landscape and a cartouche reading Kang Hsi. 22in high. 11.5in diameter. Repair to cover.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/4503/333036/179787429_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718128433)
![Stunning Chancay-Huari Painted Wood Face Mask: Pre-Columbian, Central Coast of Peru, Chancay-Huari Transition Period, ca. 700 to 1000 CE. A hand-carved wooden funerary mask exhibiting incredibly lifelike details and vibrant red pigment. The counte](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/333176/179974497_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718311641)
![Resello Wood & Shell Africana Folk Art, 50 in.: African style folk art totem ceremonial mask, hand painted and handmade of wood and Shells. 50 in. Tall , at widest point 7 in. Some wear to paint. Can be hung in the wall. Signed Resello on verso. Li](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3283/331938/179069590_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717191811)
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 […]