A Dan African Mask Ex Allan Stone Collection

A carved wooden face mask. The mask has been embellished with old glass beads, cowrie shells on textile , animal hide /hair as well as a bronze bell. Dan peoples, Ivory Coast, West Africa. The mask me

A very finely carved wooden helmet mask with realistic painted face and painted designs, embellished with real human hair atop a stylized "elvis" coiffure. Idoma peoples, Nigeria, Africa. The mask mea

This is a rare wooden helmet mask known as a "tshibangabanga" among the Binji, an ethnic group within the Kuba complex of Tribes, DR Congo, central Africa.This powerful bell-shaped helmet mask was cle

A Carved wooden helmet mask with colorful and elaborate stylized headdress, carved coiffure with hanging locks and painted red face with energetic facial expression. Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Africa. T

African Dan Mask and a West African Horned Mask. Carved and paint decorated wood, rafia. Provenance: Collection of Allan Stone, New York. Sizes: 1) 10" x 7" x 3" (25 x 18 x 8 cm).; 2) 11.5'' x 5'' x 3

A carved wooden face mask. The mask has been embellished with old glass beads, cowrie shells on textile , animal hide /hair as well as a bronze bell. Dan peoples, Ivory Coast, West Africa. The mask me

A very fine Old "Lipiko" mask or "Muti Wa Lipiko " translated as the head of Lipiko, which was typically worn during initiation rituals. This old example has a well carved face suggesting a type of po

A Carved wooden face mask with heavy organic orange pigment on the face and alternating human hair strips and indigo blue pigments as the coiffure, as well as a decorative textile hat would cover the

A carved wooden diminutive mask with kaolin clay pigments accenting the eyes and a well handled and worn surface. Dan peoples, Ivory Coast, West Africa. The mask itself measures 6.5 inches tall ( 10.5

A hand carved wooden ceremonial mask known as a gre or nyabwa, which has highly stylized facial features and traditionally presided over judicial ceremonies and war parties. Dan or Bete peoples, Liber

A carved wooden dance mask with open work eyes for the dancer as well as a well handled and worn surface suggesting field use as a ceremonial mask. The mask measures 9.5 x 5.75 inches. Dan peoples, Iv

A Well handled and worn dance mask with traditional linear scars on the mask edges,a glossy black surface patina, open work eyes for dancing and raffia grass beard. Dan peoples, Ivory Coast, West Afri

A dramatic carved and painted wood helmet mask with boar's hair and abrus seeds. Binji peoples, DRC/ Congo, Africa. The mask measures 16" x 10" x 12" inches (Height on the custom professional stand: 2

A carved wooden and decorative mask embellished with bells, seeds, shells and other regalia. Dan style, West Africa. The mask measures 11.5 x 7 x 5 inches. A metal display stand can also be included f

A Dramatic carved wooden mask with incised linear designs accented with red ,blue and white pigments, woven grass and textile adornment. Dan Guere peoples, Liberia, West Africa. The mask itself measur

Two: 20th c. Bwoom Helmet Mask, Carved wood Without stand: 21" x 10 1/2" x 11" 20th c. Ceremonial Wrap Skirt (Tcaka) Tie-dyed raffia fabric 23 1/2" x 188" Provenance Allan Stone Collection, New York T

A carved wooden mask in a highly stylized form, adorned with red mineral pigment and human hair. The mask still retains an original textile costume fragment. Makonde peoples, Tanzania, Africa. The mas

A Carved wooden helmet or cap mask with classic facial features and vegetable like finials on top. The mask is well handled showing field use and wear. Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Africa. The mask itself

A large carved wooden dance mask with incised linear designs, large carved eyes and reddish mineral pigments along with kaolin clay. Luba , kasai region, Congo, Africa. The mask measures 21.5 inches t

20th c. Carved wood, paint, seeds 52" x 14" x 11" Provenance: Allan Stone Collection, New York Note: Masks with flat vertical superstructures are spoken of as hombo spirits, associated with blacksmith

20th c. Carved wood Without stand: 9" x 7" Provenance: Allan Stone Collection, New York The Chokwe are a Bantu-speaking people who inhabit the southern part of Congo, northeastern Angola, and, since t

20th c. Carved wood, paint, rope 90" x 15" x 14" Provenance: Allan Stone Collection, New York The imagery found in masks of the Bobo, Bwa, Kurumba, Mossi, and others living in Burkina Faso and southea

A carved wood and painted zoomorphic mask with long nose and flat snout and long carved wood fangs , perhaps representing a wild boar. The mask is heavy weathered and eroded, held together with tribal

An aggressive and striking carved wooden ceremonial mask embellished with animal horns, woven hair and natural fibers. We or Guere peoples, Dan Complex of tribes, Liberia, West Africa. The mask measur