Museum Quality African & Ethnographic Arts

A Fine Bwa Bushcow mask Ex Thomas Wheellock collection

Lobi Bateba Ti Puo Ex Wheellock Collection

A Bwa Avian Mask Ex Thomas Wheellock Collection

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A selection of museum grade Masks and Sculptures from noted collections such as Thomas Wheelock, Noble & Jean Endicott, Marshall Mount, William Siegmann and other important collections of African, Oceanic and tribal arts from around the world. All lots start at only $50.00 and are offered with NO RESERVE!

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Mende Bundu Helmet Field collected Charles Miller 1968: A finely carved wooden helmet mask with classic diminutive face, elaborate coiffure and signs of field use, Mende peoples, The mask was used exclusively by women of the Sande society among the Mende

0001: Mende Bundu Helmet Field collected Charles Miller 1968Est. $500-$1,500Lot Passed

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A Vai Bowu mask with 4 faces & central ringed finial: This Poro society mask was created by a Vai artist. Referred to as a bowu mask among the Vai or as a gbetu mask among the Gola, this style of helmet mask is distinguished from the Sande society masks

0002: A Vai Bowu mask with 4 faces & central ringed finialEst. $500-$1,500

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Vai Poro Society Helmet Mask: A carved wooden helmet mask embellished with hand hammered aluminum strips accenting the classic coiffure on mask and tall central finial. This Poro society mask was created by a Vai artist. Referred

0003: Vai Poro Society Helmet MaskEst. $500-$1,500

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A Temne Parade Helmet with Avian Coiffure: A beautiful carved wooden helmet painted in bright colors and featuring a wonderful stylized coiffure in avian form. The mask shows handling and wear consistent with a field used mask. The Temne

0004: A Temne Parade Helmet with Avian CoiffureEst. $500-$1,500

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Mossi Female Chief's Figure Ex Wheellock Collection: A rare tall carved wooden female effigy with incised scar designs and well handled surface, wonderful treatment to the arms and knees slightly bent giving the sculpture a sense of motion, an overall

0005: Mossi Female Chief's Figure Ex Wheellock CollectionEst. $8,000-$12,000Lot Passed

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Lobi Bateba Ti Puo Ex Wheellock Collection: Archaic and eroded ancient carved wooden shrine idol with classic facial features and in the form of a Bateba Thil Ti Puo, a "Dangerous" Sculpture used in the protection from witchcraft. Lobi

0006: Lobi Bateba Ti Puo Ex Wheellock CollectionEst. $1,000-$3,000

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Lobi Ti Bala Maternity sculpture Ex Dr Noble Endicott: A tall slender wooden sculpture with a wonderful stylized form and encrusted surface suggesting offerings over many years. Known as a Bateba Ti Bala, this female effigy is shown with the child riding

0007: Lobi Ti Bala Maternity sculpture Ex Dr Noble EndicottEst. $800-$1,200

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A Lobi Bateba Male Shrine Idol Ex Wheellock Collection: A Carved wooden male effigy, created from a heavy dense wood and having a dry weathered surface with earthen deposits suggesting years of use as a shrine idol. Lobi Peoples, Burkina Faso, West

0008: A Lobi Bateba Male Shrine Idol Ex Wheellock CollectionEst. $1,000-$2,000

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A Fine Bwa Bushcow mask Ex Thomas Wheellock collection: A carved wooden dance mask with highly stylized horns in a large circular form, sharp ears, incised geometric designs accented with red and white kaolin clay pigments and black paints. Such masks

0009: A Fine Bwa Bushcow mask Ex Thomas Wheellock collectionEst. $3,000-$5,000

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A Nuna Chameleon Mask Ex Thomas Wheellock Collection: A long carved wooden mask in the form of a chameleon lizard with a curled tail. The mask has incised designs and has been accented with red,white and black organic pigments and paints. Such masks

0010: A Nuna Chameleon Mask Ex Thomas Wheellock CollectionEst. $3,000-$5,000

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A Bwa Avian Mask Ex Thomas Wheellock Collection: A large carved wooden mask with stylized avian form and embellished with incised geometric and linear designs accented with kaolin clay pigments. Bwa / Bobo peoples, Burkina Faso, West Africa. The

0011: A Bwa Avian Mask Ex Thomas Wheellock CollectionEst. $3,000-$5,000

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Winiama Feline Mask Ex Thomas Wheellock Collection: A carved wooden mask with large ears, energetic carved face and broad grimace with exposed teeth. Winiama peoples, Burkina faso, West Africa. The Met Museum has a very similar example described as a

0012: Winiama Feline Mask Ex Thomas Wheellock CollectionEst. $2,500-$4,000

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A Rare Kissi Power Figure with intact Pomdo stone idol: A Rare Kissi Piomdo Sculpture. This finely crafted wooden effigy is adorned with red textiles, a thick cotton textile is sewn around the sculpture and embellished with some cowrie shells. This

0013: A Rare Kissi Power Figure with intact Pomdo stone idolEst. $800-$1,500

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A Kissi Pomdo Stone Head: A Fine ancient carved stone head with stylized facial features and a deep well handled surface patina suggesting generations of ceremonial use. According to the Kissi peoples, the carvings represent

0014: A Kissi Pomdo Stone HeadEst. $800-$1,500

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A Sapi Nomoli Stone Idol: A carved stone idol with hands to the chin, large eyes, flat nose and hown in a kneeling position. The figure has round ears and a cavity on the top that seems to have an offering or organic

0015: A Sapi Nomoli Stone IdolEst. $800-$1,500

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Ancient Akan Memorial Head: Ancient terracotta Memorial head with well weathered smooth facial features suggesting many generations of field use and exposure to the elements. Akan / Ashanti peoples, Gahana, Africa. The head

0016: Ancient Akan Memorial HeadEst. $800-$1,500

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A Dogon Santimbe Mask Ex Warkow Collection: A Tall carved wooden dance mask with female effigy as top finial, embellished with various grass, seed, old glass beads and shell regalia and painted with organic pigments , apparent sweating surface

0017: A Dogon Santimbe Mask Ex Warkow CollectionEst. $2,000-$3,000Lot Passed

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Winiama Monkey African Mask Ex Thomas Wheellock: Energetic carved wooden dance mask with linear designs accented with mineral pigments. Monkey masks are often the leaders in masquerade dance groups used for entertainment. Winiama peoples, Burkina

0018: Winiama Monkey African Mask Ex Thomas WheellockEst. $3,000-$5,000

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Important Marka Dafing mask Ex PACE Ex Thomas Wheellock: A Carved wooden mask with bold facial treatment and overall dramatic form. The mask with swept back horns , large square ears, stylized beard and decorated with incised geometric designs painted

0019: Important Marka Dafing mask Ex PACE Ex Thomas WheellockEst. $3,000-$5,000

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A Dogon Kanaga Mask: A carved wooden mask with tall structure in the form of a body, the body of God, with the hands up to the heavens and down towards the earth having ritual significance to the tribe. kanaga masks are

0020: A Dogon Kanaga MaskEst. $1,500-$2,500

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A Fine Senufo Staff Ex Drs. Israel & Michaela Samuelly: This is a very finely carved wooden staff or "Tefalipitya" ceremonial staff from the Senufo peoples of the Ivory Coast, West Africa. A carved wooden scepter with a highly stylized anthropomorphic

0021: A Fine Senufo Staff Ex Drs. Israel & Michaela SamuellyEst. $2,000-$3,000

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Senufo Female Sculpture Ex Dr Noble Endicott Collection: A Finely carved wooden female sculpture with tall coiffure, large hands and feet and round bosom and a deep well handled surface patina. Senufo peoples, Ivory Coast, West Africa. The Statue

0022: Senufo Female Sculpture Ex Dr Noble Endicott CollectionEst. $800-$1,500

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A Senufo Male Sculpture Ex Robert Banks Collection: A finely carved male effigy with stylized form, classic facial features and overall golden honey colored surface patina from handling over many years. Senufo peoples, Ivory Coast, West Africa. The

0023: A Senufo Male Sculpture Ex Robert Banks CollectionEst. $800-$1,500

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A Fine Senufo Helmet Mask w/ Chameleon Motif Ex Banks: Of hollowed domed form, perforated around the edges for attachments, a raised serrated ridge dividing the top with a pair of ears below two horns which curve upwards above and almost touch, a long

0024: A Fine Senufo Helmet Mask w/ Chameleon Motif Ex BanksEst. $1,500-$2,500

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