AN UNUSUAL AFRICAN TRIBAL CARVED WOOD HELMET MASK,

TRIBAL: Mende Helmet Mask, Sierra Leone, 20th C., wood and metal, carved wood helmet mask with multiple hair lobes forming coiffure, metal strip along forehead, inlaid cheek scarification, unusual typ

A Very rare and unusual carved wooden helmet style mask, carved from a dense and heavy wood and painted with red, black and white geometric designs. The helmet features a very finely carved Horse and

AN AFRICAN TRIBAL CARVED WOOD HELMET MASK. 40 cm x 18 cm.

Ca. last half 20thC. Good with some wood loss and age crack on the back, as shown. This item(s) is used, and will show multiple areas of age appropriate wear and surface losses. Please view all pictur

AN UNUSUAL AFRICAN TRIBAL CARVED WOOD LONG NOSED MASK formed with horns and angular motifs. 31 cm x 12 cm.

Ca. last half 20thC. Good with various surface and wood wear throughout. Extensive cowrie shell decorations. This item(s) is used, and will show multiple areas of age appropriate wear and surface loss

Ca. last quarter 20thC. Shows moderate age-appropriate surface wear, very little surface wood losses as shown. This item(s) is used, and will show multiple areas of age appropriate wear and surface lo

Ca. last half 20thC. Shows wear and age cracks, along with minor wood loss, including surface patina. This item(s) is used, and will show multiple areas of age appropriate wear and surface losses. Ple

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

Ca. second half 20thC. Good with age-appropriate cracks as shown. Measurements include the stand. This item(s) is used, and will show multiple areas of age appropriate wear and surface losses. Please

1) The smaller carved wood helmet mask for ceremonial purposes in the initiation of young girls entering adulthood depicts hair ornamentation, unusual facial details and typical beauty rings in waves

TRIBAL: Mende Women's Society Helmet Mask, Sierra Leone, 20th C., wood, carved helmet mask for the Sande women's society, with Janus faces, double horn finial on top in crescent moon form, dark brown-

Miniature Carved Wood African Mask. Closely resembles in style the "bo nun amuin," also called the bush god or helmet mask, of the Baule people of modern-day Ivory Coast, with distinguishing features

Igbo Maiden Wood Spirit Helmet/Mask w/ Pigments - Early to Mid-Century African Tribal Mask. Hand carved in excellent condition with fading to paint from age. A mirror and 2 glass fragments were incorp

African Carved Wood Tribal Figural Statue w/Pipe & Ram. Beautifully carved male figure is smoking a pipe; on his head is a helmet mask with a ram/sheep balanced on top. Fascinating piece of ethnograph

Ca. last half 20thC. Very good with rich dark original patina. Not as diminutive as passport masks from the Dan tribe, however 13" tall in unusual for this type of face mask. Possibly a passport mask.

African Mende Ceremonial Wood Tribal Female Helmet Mask. Carved from a single piece of wood, striking helmet mask has an elaborate hairstyle and ringed neck. Wonderful piece of ethnographic art to dis

African Tribal Art: Gurunsi People, Burkina Faso: Antelope Helmet Mask, 19th Century. Carved wood with dark patina. The mask is fitted with a custom-made steel display stand. The Antelope mask represe

African Tribal Art: Gelede Helmet Mask with Umbrella Top, Yoruba People, Nigeria. Carved wood and pigments, heavily patinated with libations, Late 19th Century/Early 20th Century. The mask rests on a

African Tribal Art: Yoruba People, Nigeria: Gelede mask featuring a female figure seated atop the coiffure of a large female head. Mid 20th Century. Carved wood, pigments and paint. The mask comes wit

**Originally Listed At $250** West Africa, Eastern Nigeria, ca. early 20th century CE. A rather unusual carved wood helmet mask of an abstract, hybrid zoomorphic (perhaps simian) or anthropomorphic fo

African, Democratic Republic of the Congo Kuba hand carved and beaded tribal helmet mask with cowrie shells, black, white, blue, teal beads, wood carved ears sewn on cloth covering back of mask and cr

Kuba people, African (Congo), 20th century. Hand carved and decorated African tribal Bwoom helmet mask with carved wood and woven fiber apron ornately decorated with cowrie shells on top and sides of