African Suku Initiation Helmet Mask

African Suku Helmet Mask, DRC. Carved and paint decorated wood with raffia and animal fur. Stand not included. Provenance: Collection of Allan Stone, New York. Size: 23'' x 14.5'' x 12'' (58 x 37 x 30

Mende Peoples, Panguma, Sierra Leone, Pore Hale Society, carved wood with seeds pressed into tar for hair (seeds mostly gone), scarification, off fringe beard, roughly 11" x 10" diam. Fabulous patina.

A Suku helmet Mask: A Carved wooden helmet mask with painted designs accented with kaolin clay pigments. The mask overall has a well worn surface. Suku peoples, DRC/ Congo, Africa. Provenance: The Dr.

Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Suku, ca. mid-20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden initiation mask of highly stylized form that is surmounted by a charming quadruped creature. The f

African Suku Wood Helmet Dancing Mask, Congo with Very Old Raffia. Provenance: Ethnographic Tribal Museum Collection (See Auction Catalog Description). Some Lots Have Been On Exhibition, Stand Not Inc

Large African, Congo, Tribal Suku Helmet Mask. Size 19 1/2 inches x 10 1/2 inches diameter. Large carved wood helmet mask with kneeling female figure atop. Provenance: Ex Dr Arnold R.Saslow South Oran

Large African, Congo, Tribal Suku Helmet Mask. Size 18 1/2 inches x 10 1/2 inches diameter. Large carved wood helmet mask with animal atop. Provenance: Ex Dr Arnold R.Saslow South Orange NJ

AFRICAN SIERRA LEONE SANDE SOCIETY HELMET MASK African Sande Society initiation helmet mask, Sierra Leone, 20th century. Decorated with long fiber skirt along base. Size: 15" (excluding fiber skirt)

AFRICAN SIERRA LEONE SANDE SOCIETY HELMET MASK African Sande Society initiation helmet mask, Sierra Leone, 20th century. Decorated with a figural bird and metal appliques. Size: 16.5"

AFRICAN SIERRA LEONE SANDE SOCIETY HELMET MASK African Sande Society initiation helmet mask, Sierra Leone, 20th century. Decorated with long dyed raffia fringe. Size: 16" mask only, 33" including frin

AFRICAN SIERRA LEONE SANDE SOCIETY HELMET MASK African Sande Society initiation helmet mask, Sierra Leone, 20th century. Decorated with metal appliques around eyes. Size: 15"

A carved wooden helmet style mask with elaborate carved design and realistic form. Makonde peoples, Tanzania, Africa. The mask measures 11 x 7 inches. A metal display stand can be included for an addi

Beautifull African Tribal SUKU Kholuka Helmet or Hemba mask with symbolic Pangolin on top. Democratic Republic Congo. Date: Third quarter of the 20th Century. Origin: Suku. Democratic Republic Congo.

Beautifull African Tribal Galoa Helmet. Democratic Republic Congo. Second half of the 20th Century. Galoa. Democratic Republic Congo. Wood, kaolin and red pigment. Height with Pangolin 39 cm. Width 23

A large carved wooden helmet mask with white kaolin clay pigment and a stylized antelope final, adorned with a raffia grass collar. Suku peoples, Congo, Africa.Throughout southern Democratic Republic

A carved wooden helmet style mask with kaolin clay accent on the face and embellished with linear designs, as well as a zoomorphic finial. Suku peoples, Congo, Africa, Provenance: - Ex. Dr. Kenneth Ad

Two African Helmet Masks. Including a carved wood Kuba Biombe horned helmet mask with pigment, and a carved wood Suku helmet mask with pigment and plant fiber beard. Largest size: 16'' x 8.5'' x 8'' (

A Holo/Suku helmet mask. Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central Africa. 20th century. Wood, raffia, and pigment. 10" x 9 1/2" x 11". Condition: includes stand. Hole in the top of head. Wear and abr

Item/Description: Decorative, dramatic, Suku style helmet mask from Democratic Republic of Congo. Hand carved African wood mask has chiseled features, domed forehead, natural fiber hood, raffia beard

A group of four DRC masks. Congo style helmet mask DRC, Suku. ++ Congo style helmet mask. DRC , Kuba complex. ++ Kuba style polychrome helmet mask. DRC , Kuba. ++ Round Luba style mask. DRC, Luba. Pro

A lovely carved wooden helmet mask with exquisite facial features , elaborate coiffure and avian & serpent figures as the top finial. The mask was carved from a single piece of wood and is perhaps the

A carved wooden helmet style mask with a stylized coiffure and serene mask face painted red with white spot accents identified as coming from the Panzi region of Southern Yaka and Suku country by Dr.

This is a wonderful large carved wooden headdress/ mask from the Bidjogo peoples of Guinea Bissau west Africa , who hold initiation rituals for young girls and boys, according to their age group. Thes

A dramatic old carved wooden helmet style mask embellished with a red mineral pigment and strong facial features. Suku peoples, DRC/ Congo, central Africa. The mask measures 14 x 10 inches. ( A metal