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

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

A carved wooden dance mask in the form of an antelope with carved designs and tribal motifs accented with mineral pigments. Bwa peoples, Burkina Faso, West Africa. The Mask measure 20 inches tall. *Th

A diminutive carved wooden mask with weathered and encrusted surface indicating ritual use. Such a mask was not worn, it was used as a medium to the spirit world and was kept in a ceremonial container

A very well handled wooden maskette with a deep patina from years of handling and wear. The mask was painted black and features a well carved coiffure and squared off beard, classic facial features. T

Elongated carved wooden dance mask with incised linear designs, and covered in hammered bronze sheet, embellished with textile adornment. Marka / malinke peoples, Mali, Africa. The mask measures 16.5

A fascinating festival helmet mask with zoomorphic figures on top of a plank structure on top of the festival mask, painted in bright colors and showing signs of field use and wear. Yoruba peoples, Ni

A large heavy carved wooden ceremonial mask with bold archaic facial features and embellished with mineral pigments and a striking blue paint accent. The Mask was worn by a man of the AWA society, act

A very old and weathered carved wooden Dege or Monkey mask with highly stylized form, wide open work eyes and a very weathered surface. According to Dogon beliefs, the monkey represents a wild and unc

A carved wooden Dege or Monkey mask with highly stylized form, wide open work eyes and a encrusted and weathered surface. According to Dogon beliefs, the monkey represents a wild and uncivilized spiri

A tall carved wooden mask with the effigy of a female on top , arms open wide, she wears a grass skirt and has a rasied central crest, the face of the mask is classic in form and with painted geomtric

A carved wooden mask with kaolin clay pigment and a wonderfully exaggerated form. Such masks are quite rare and were danced opposite of Luba Animal masks. Provenance: Ex Stewart Warkow collection, NYC

A dramatic hand forged iron mask embellished with semi-circular motifs and some zig zag designs. The mask was likely created by the Blacksmith Cult and measures 10 inches tall, 13.5 inches on its disp

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 Tall carved wooden dance mask with painted spots and two tall rabbit ears, geometric eyes and overall classic form. Dogon peoples, Mali, West Africa. This is a vintage to antique example that measur

A carved wood and painted dance mask with stylized rabbit ears, large open work eyes and geometric form traditional to the Dogon masks from this region of Mali, West Africa. The mask measures 20 inche

A powerful carving of a monkey head mask. Dogon, 14" L Provenance: Ex Thomas McNemar collection

African Dogon Mask with Figure. Carved wood and pigment. Provenance: Ex. Estate Collection Isadore and Nancy Marder, Philadelphia; purchased 1969 from Pierre Verite, 141 Boulevard Raspail, Paris, Fran

African Dogon Mask, Mali. Carved wood and pigment. On base. Provenance: Ex. Estate Collection Isadore and Nancy Marder, Philadelphia; purchased 1972 from R. Duperrier, Antiquites & Arts Primitifs, 14,

African Dogon Leopard Mask, Carved Wood and Paint, Mali. Size: 15'' x 8.5'' x 6.75'' (38 x 22 x 17 cm). Provenance: Sam Hilu. Ex Collection of Bernard Barach. Please Note: There Are No Hidden or Confi

A carved wooden and painted panel featuring a mask of the Kifwebe society, perhaps a totem of the society for a shrine wall or meeting house. The carved circular panel measures 9.5 x 9 inches. Songye

Fine African Dogon Hornbill Mask, Mali, 19th C. Carved wood and pigment. On stand. Provenance: Ex. Estate Collection Isadore and Nancy Marder, Philadelphia; purchased 1972 from Galerie Kamer, 9, quai

4 Dogon Kanaga Masks. Mali, Africa. Largest size: 40.5'' x 19'' x 5.75'' (103 x 48 x 15 cm). Provenance: ex New York private ethnographic arts collection. Note: This is a NO RESERVE auction. Bidding o

A carved wooden ceremonial mask with painted designs and classic form, Ituri River basin region, Pygmy peoples. Utilized in a context of boy’s initiation, there are precious few original exampl