African BWA Bird Mask

Vintage African BWA Bird Mask with Abstract Polychromed Face featuring Real Feathers (Possibly Mossi or Numa) Measures 22 1/2 H (Chin to Top of Feathers) x 10 W

This is an old hand carved wooden mask from the Bwa (or Bobo) peoples, Burkina Faso, West Africa. Masks of this type from the Bwa peoples are uncommon, as Birds are believed to be messengers, communic

Date: 4th quarter 20th century Origin/Tribe: Burkina Faso- Africa Material: Wood Dimensions: 48 Additional Information: This Bwa mask was used in the agricultural ceremonies to celebrate agriculture a

A group of two West African style plank masks. 20th century. Burkina Faso. ++ Voltaic Winiama or Nunuma style plank mask. 43" x 14 1/2" x 11". ++ Voltaic Bwa style plank mask with bird beak. 45" x 8"

A Bobo type bird mask of oustanding age and quality. From the Rosen collection, as pictured and exhibited herein this book. Height: 11". Width: 58". Book available online.

Includes 35-1/2" Ivory Coast BWA plank mask and 35" Bobo bird with lizard mask. Carved polychrome wood with pigments. Cracks to wood. Looses to pigment. Ivory Coast mask with losses to wood.

A West African Burkina Faso Bwa or Bwamu Calao mask having orange and black pigment painted hornbill bird form with geometric patterns. SHIPPING Atlanta Auction Gallery will not ship this lot in house

bronze alloy, disc-shaped facial plane, funnel-shaped snout with bird, encrusted with clay; based on a special type of buffalo mask from the Bwa. The power of the mask was transferred on the ring in a

African Bwa Mask. Burkina Faso and Mali. Carved wood, pigment. On custom timber stand. Size: 60'' x 13'' x 14'', 152 x 33 x 36 cm (with base).

Sierra leone. Grebo people. Carved bird mask ornate with quills, plaque and spike. Very rare. 40x18x16 cm (15,6x7x6,2 inch) 813 gr. (28,5 oz). GUEYE MUSTAPHA COLLECTION. The name Grebo (or Glebo) is u

Senufo Bird Mask, Ivory Coast, Dimension 25 inches high x 6 inches wide. The shipping cost for domestic is $45.00 flat rate shipping within the Continental US, international foreign shipping rates are

20th century, one carved and painted double crocodile helmet, one large carved and painted wood Baga bird mask and one carved and painted wood boar mask. This lot to be sold on day 2, Thursday, Octob

African Bird Mask, Polychromed wood Mask, 34 x 7 x 9 inches, Provenance: Boca Raton Museum of Art

Title: Ceremonial bird mask – Wood – Chokwe – Congo Additional Information: Stylistic wooden African bird mask from the CHOKWE tribe of D.R. Congo. This ceremonial bird mask was used

African Ibibio Bird Mask. Carved wood. Exhibited: Merton Simpson Gallery, New York, "Simpson & Stone: A Special Selection of African and Oceanic Art from the Allan Stone Collection, May 17 - July 28,

This is a very rare hand-carved wooden face mask with vibrant painted detailing made by the Ijo Tribe, Nigeria. Created in the western area of Nigeria where realistic masks in the form of fish or anim

African Chokwe Bird Initiation Mask. Measures 20 inches L x 8 W x 11 deep.

African Bwa Hawk Mask (Duho), Burkina Faso, 20th C. Carved wood, pigment and natural fibers. Size: 12.5'' x 61.25'' x 10'' (32 x 156 x 25 cm).

African Bwa Butterfly Mask. A Carved wooden plank mask with incised geometric designs accented with mineral pigments. The size and weight of this butterfly-shaped mask required great strength and skil

Perhaps Baga or Dogon, certainly West African, this mask dates approximately 1950s-70s. Human headed and bird-beaked these bird masks are avatars of intelligence, and carry a weight of meaning and inf

Bwa people, carved wood buffalo mask, 20th century, Burkina Faso, with elongated horns and vertical serrated detail to center. 23" L x 12.75" W x 5" D. Provenance: From the estate of art historian, Ph

Carved and painted plan. 11 x 64 inches.

Possibly a Hornbill (Kuma) or a Dan / Gagon mask. The mask has slitted eyes and a downturned beak mouth. The cape of the mask is decorated with cowrie shells, colorful fabric, and a bell. The mask app

Very nice Senufo Culture Bird Crest Mask with custom stand and plaque. Senufo masks are created by specialist artist who live apart from the rest of the village and combine features of animals and hum