![Igbo Agbogho Mmwo Helmet Mask, Nigeria: Igbo 'Maiden Spirit' helmet mask, the towering headdress with openwork triple layer crest flanked by two birds and paddle-shaped projections, the face below the tightly coiled black hair whitened, wit](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3585/333643/180230318_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718581801)
Masks
![Igbo Agbogho Mmwo Helmet Mask, Nigeria: Igbo 'Maiden Spirit' helmet mask, the towering headdress with openwork triple layer crest flanked by two birds and paddle-shaped projections, the face below the tightly coiled black hair whitened, wit](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3585/333643/180230318_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)
![African Tribal Guro Carved Wood Mask: This Guro mask and many of the other masks are representations of the spirit of Gu, the wife of Zamble, a supernatural being. Each mask is similar but not identical with horns that represent the spiri](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9031/332482/179335292_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717691650)
![Lega Miniature Kayamba Mask, Congo: Small zoomorphic mask with pointed ears, whitened heart-shaped face. On custom gallery stand. Mask, approx. 6 3/4" H. X 3 1/4" W. Total height with stand, approx. 11 3/4". Provenance: The Collection o](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3585/333643/180230443_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718581801)
![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)
![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)
![Chokwe Mwana Pwo Mask w/ Headdress, Angola: Carved wood female ancestor mask, with cruciform scarification on forehead and tear marks below eyes. With cloth and fiber headdress incorporating wooden beads and cloth bundles. On custom gallery sta](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3585/333643/180230411_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)
![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)
![Eastern Pende Panya Ngombe Mask, D. R. Congo: Anthro-zoomorphic mask with the wide visage and large eyes of a buffalo, and the brow, nose, and lips of a human. Black and white sawtooth patterns carved and pigmented at cheeks and hairline, and wit](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3585/333643/180230314_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718581801)
![Two African Miniature Masks: Miniature Luba mask with buffalo horns, together with a miniature Hemba Soko Mutu mask. Both on custom gallery stands. Hemba mask, approx. 5 1/2" H x 3 1/4" W x 2" D. Total height with stand, approx.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3585/333643/180230304_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)
![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)
![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)
![Benin Carved Wood Mask & Contemporary Masai Necklace: Property of Joseph and Sabina McGonnell Trust, Daufuskie Island, SC Description: Benin Carved Wood Mask and a Contemporary Masai Tribal Necklace, a large painted carved wood mask with straw beard,](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/4098/332502/179395281_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717710292)
![Papua New Guinea Polychrome Rattan Costume: Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik River, ca. mid-20th century CE. An enormous woven dance costume, made of rattan fiber, with two faces, one on the chest, and one on the head; the mask is decorated with](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/333176/179974518_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718311641)
![Rare Egyptian Ptolemaic Glass / Obsidian 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 opaque white gl](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/333176/180116974_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718399015)
![Françoise Gilot (French, 1921-2023) Figure with African Mask, 2006: Françoise Gilot (French, 1921-2023) Figure with African Mask, 2006 graphite and white pastel and wash on gold tinted paper signed F. GILOT (lower right); dated (verso) 12 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches. Aur&](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/197/332333/179233493_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717451552)
![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 LATE 19TH CENTURY JAPANESE MEIJI PERIOD CARVED HORN NETSUKE modelled as a male holding a mask. 19.: A LATE 19TH CENTURY JAPANESE MEIJI PERIOD CARVED HORN NETSUKE modelled as a male holding a mask. 19.5 grams. 5.25cm x 3.5 cm.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/3161/332662/179451725_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717770767)
![A Japanese lacquerware inro with a bird-shaped netsuke, a wooden 'fox' mask and a silver box, Chang: Dim.: 5,5 x 9,2 x 3 cm (the inro) Dim.: 5,1 x 7,9 x 1,4 cm - Weight: 68 grams (the silver box) Dim.: 3,6 x 4,9 x 3,1 cm (the wooden 'fox' mask)](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/4375/332542/179376722_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717672432)
![IJO MASK Nigeria Wood and pigments H: 32 cm: IJO MASK Nigeria Wood and pigments H: 32 cm](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/533/332465/179306695_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717601045)
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 […]