A Very Rare Zimba Mask Ex Joseph Gerena, NYC

A carved wooden mask with stylized facial features, open work eyes and white kaolin clay pigments. Very rare! Zimba peoples - Maniema province, DR Congo - Provenance: Belgian private collection; Ex. J

A carved wooden mask with stylized facial features, carved and incised facial "scar" designs and white kaolin clay pigments. Very rare! Zimba peoples - Maniema province, DR Congo - Provenance: Belgian

A Very rare carved wooden Hunde or Nande Mask, Maniema province, Congo / DRC, central Africa. Provenance: Ex. Joseph Gerena Fine Arts, New York. 1989. The mask measures 14 x 8 inches. A metal display

A carved wooden elongated mask with heavy kaolin clay pigment and simplistic archaic facial features. Very rare Kwame peoples mask - Maniema province, DR Congo. Provenance: Ex. Joseph Gerena NYC. 1988

A rare and haunting old Burlwood mask with abstract and distorted face, Rai people, East-central Nepal. The mask measures 10 x 8 inches. A metal display stand can also be included for an additional $5

A very rare carved wooden mask with multiple round holes that emulate the small pox disease. Kumu peoples, DRC/ Congo, Africa. The mask measures 9.5 x 8.5 inches ( 14 inches tall on professional custo

A carved wooden dance mask with alternate layers of kaolin pigment in red,white and black. The masks of the Lumbo and their neighbors in Gabon are used by dancers in performances during burial rites.

A very rare carved wooden six legged stool fully tacked and with loops on the back to hang royal regalia, sometimes bronze bells. Tack-studded stools and chairs like this, called Ekele, are used as pr

A Tall slender carved wooden mask with contrasting kaolin clay pigments and elongated and stylized facial features. The mask measures 27.5 x 8.25 inches. There is no display stand included with this l

A carved wooden elongated mask with heavy kaolin clay pigment and simplistic archaic facial features. Very rare Shi or Kwame peoples mask - Maniema province, DR Congo - Belgian private collection; Ex.

Extremely Rare Maniema mask, Possibly Shi or Zimba peoples, DRC/ Congo, Africa. Carved wood with Black and White pigments and bold archaic form. * A metal display stand can be included for an addition

Archaic carved wooden mask accented with contrasting mineral pigments. The Kumu carve the "Nsembu" mask for use by members of the Nkunda Secret Society for the purposes of adult initiation. They also

A unusual carved wooden mask featuring two mask faces painted with kaolin clay pigment with incised linear designs. Lega peoples, DRC/Congo, central Africa. The mask measures 14 inches tall x 7 inches

A very Rare African Carved Wood Mask with handle, the shield-like form with slightly concave back, narrow pierced eyes under concave arched brows, narrow nose with central indentation, the forehead wi

A varved wooden mask with kaolin clay painted surface and archaic facial features. Metoko peoples, DRC/ Congo, Africa. The mask measures 9.5 x 5 inches. A metal display stand can also be included for

A Finely carved old wooden mask with stylized braided coiffure, elongated face, incised scar designs and embellished with shells and glass beads. Bambara / Bamana peoples, Mali, Africa. The mask measu

A tall elongated carved wooden effigy of a Hanged Man, accented with kaloin clay pigments. Figures carved in this manner represent individuals who were hanged for violating the public order and transg

A Very rare and desirable old carved wooden mask with large open-work ears and a overall elongated and exaggerated style. The Boa from the DRC/Congo are known principally for their masks, believed to

A rare and striking old carved wooden Nepalese house guardian mask, carved from a fungus like Wood Burl. Rai people, Middle hills, East-Central Nepal. The mask measures 10 x 7.5 inches. A metal displa

A finely carved old wooden mask with raffia grass headdress still attached. The mask features the classic heavy lidded eyes, deep facial scars as well as a well handled surface suggesting years of fie

Maya style Pottery Fire God Mask. Size 5 1/2 x 6 inches wide. Estate of Joseph G. Gerena, NYC. Published: Masks: Transformation, Transmission & Trickery, compiled by Joseph G. Gerena Fine Art, Decembe

Yunnan, ca. 16-17th century. An enigmatic object, probably for shamanic use, a feline head emerging from the handle base. Deep, glossy patina. On custom stand. Ex Joseph Gerena Collection, New York Ci

Melanesia, early 20th century A seated porous (volcanic?) stone figure, holding a stylized skull in his hands, a large fish between his legs. ex: Joseph Gerena collection, NYC. Dimensions 14" (35.6 cm

This is a rare Toma Passport maskette from the border region between Guinea and Liberia, Africa. A Fine Poro society personal mask with original cloth attachment. Provenance: Ex. Irwin Hersey, NYC. 19