Stunning Afikpo Parade Mask Ex Marshall Mount Collection

A striking carved wooden parade mask with seated ancestor as top finial and elaborate and detailed carved designs and tribal motifs, embellished with small bits of mirror and black pigments, raffia gr

A carved wood and highly stylized diminutive face mask with brightly painted designs accented with mineral pigments. The Back of the mask has some basketry work. Afikpo Igbo are typically small and na

A carved wooden mask with encrusted surface heavily patinated with organic substances. The Mask was worn by a man of the AWA society, acting as an aggressive "Hunter" during dancers who would stalk th

A carved wooden ceremonial mask rendered in a highly stylized zoomorphic form and decorated with black pigment. The mask has a well handled surface and measures 15 x 10 inches. A metal display stand c

A carved wooden helmet style mask featuring a well carved coiffure, raised jagged crest and large eyes painted with white kaolin clay pigments and red mineral paints. An older field used example. Yoru

A classic carved wooden helmet style mask with openwork designs on top, large flat hat like feature with many well worn holes on top, perhaps to hold feathers and other regalia, accented with kaolin c

A very nice old Bamileke Sword in sheath, forged steel blade, well worn wooden handle, wooden sheath embellished with animal hid and textile attachment belt. Bamileke peoples, Cameroon, West Africa. T

A very nice old Bamileke Sword in sheath, forged steel blade, well worn wooden handle, wooden sheath embellished with cowrie shells and textile attachment belt. Bamileke peoples, Cameroon, West Africa

A carved wood and painted "Uden Nyama" or fatting house doll from the cross river region of Nigeria, West Africa. This lovely wooden doll was given to young unwed girl at the time of entering the Ibib

A wonderfully exaggerated old carved wooden festival dance mask with a classic face and a unusual headdress finial, that appears to be a large Book like form atop a central post. The mask shows cler f

A very unusual carved wood and textile effigy with painted spots and cowrie shell eyes. These works and the ritual practice in which they are used are both known as kafigeledjo which translates as he

A carved stone effigy with raised and incised coiffure, incised facial scars, large ears and flared snout, arms to the abdomen, with a well handled surface. The sculpture measures 8.75 inches tall , 1

Old and fragmented couple shown in what appear to be derby hats and shown seated on stools which are worn away. The set measures 9.25 x 5.25 inches and are in fair to fragile condition, the set does n

A wonderful and interesting woven fiber hat embellished with various seeds and shells and was likely worn by a village priest or shaman. The hat measures 9 x 5 inches , 7.5 inches tall on professional

A carved wooden Twin idol with incised coiffure and facial scars, raised emblem design, inset metal eye ( one missing) and a well handled and worn surface. The Idol measures 10 inches tall, and will a

A finely carved old example of a anthropomorphic door lock with fine incised linear designs, wonderful male ancestor face and obvious age and wear. Dogon peoples, Mali, Africa. The Lock on simple wood

A carved wooden mask with classic Bassa style features, cornrow style hair, and a deep well handled patina. The Mask appears to be a House mask as there are no eye holes carved through. Bassa ethnic g

A carved wood flat disc shaped mask painted with kaolin clay pigments and featuring classic heart shaped facial features for a Bwami society mask, along with attached raffia grass bead, old woven gras

Old and well used ceremonial iron bell with well worn wooden handle featuring an ancestor face. Bamun peoples, Cameroon, West Africa. The bell measures 16.5 inches tall. Provenance: Ex Marshall Mount

A carved wooden pair of twin female effigies with a deep well handled golden colored surface and well worn serene facial features. Ewe peoples, Togo / Dahomey, West Africa. The pair measure 8.75 inche

A large carved wooden parade mask with highly exaggerated facial features, black and white pigments , raised scar designs and evidence of field use as a ceremonial mask. Igbo or possibly Idoma peoples

A very finely carved wooden mask with red and blue mineral pigments accented with kaolin clay. The mask is well handled and worn suggesting field use. Afikpo peoples, Nigeria, Africa. The mask measure

A very large and intricate field used carved wooden Fish mask / marionette that was carried in parades and festivals known as the Sogo Ba masquerade. Masks such as these were used during performance o

Pair of African Yoruba Ibeji Cowrie Shell Jackets, Nigeria. Ex collection Professor Marshall Mount, Jersey City, NJ. Size: Each 7.5'' x 11'' x 1'' (19 x 28 x 3 cm).