Boiken Spirit Mask

Carved wood mask from the Boiken People, Papua New Guinea. C. 1950s. 22 in.

19th c. Kifwebe of the Songye/Luba Peoples, North Shaba, (Katanga, DR Congo), in painted and carved wood with downturned horns of a Ram, symbol of virility and leadership. Displayed on a black metal m

wood, pigments, missing parts, rest.The "brag" spirit is characerised as male and warlike, seducing women and devouring young initiates before spitting them back to their mothers as adult men.The spir

Old Alutiiq Eskimo Spirit Mask Painted Wood 12''x6''x4.5''. Polychrome painted mask with applied seal skin edges. Overall excellent condition. Mid 20th century. Mounted on verso with metal bracket for

Igbo People, "Agbogho Mmwo" spirit mask, ex-museum, 20th c., Nigeria, dark stained carved wood, white pigment, with carved horns and ornamental facial tattoos, 13"h x 7"w x 5"d Provenance: Deaccession

Henry Reece (b.1973 Tsimshian) ''Eagle Ghost Spirit Mask'' 2005 Painted Cedar 21''x11''. Northwest Coast carved and painted cedar monochromatic mask with cedar bark hair. Signed and titled on verso. E

A carved wooden dance mask with incised and raised designs and classic facial features, such during the peak of the rainy season, masqueraders congregate in several Igbo village groups to perform and

A Highly stylized carved wooden cap mask with elaborate zoomorphic form, horns and incised linear designs accented with various shades of red, white and black mineral pigments. Nuna ( Mossi) peoples,

The carved wood mask with highly stylized geometric face, animal horns is mounted with a coiled snake atop the head. Provenance: Morton and Estelle Sosland. The Soslands began acquiring examples of Af

A Finely carved wooden mask with heavy black pigment and signs of use and wear. Okoroshi masks are used in ceremonies to honor the water-spirit Owu, an important figure in Igbo spiritual life. Okorosh

A Carved wooden mask in abstract form representing a Water Spirit, with exaggerated faces and plank like form. Ijo peoples, Cross river region, Nigeria, Africa. According to one myth, the masks origin

Articulated maiden spirit mask, white washed with black accents.

A very rare carved wooden mask with a highly stylized and abstract form, raised designs and undeniable well handled surface. Such masks are found among the Southern Yoruba of Ijebu, these headdresses

Carved wood, grass, painted pigments and cowrie shells. Dimensions: H 43" x W 17.5" Condition: Some loss of shells, cracks to wood

A Large and rare old wooden helmet mask of a aggressive "Hell dwelling spirit" with a wild open mouth and several spiral horns, remnants of old paint and obvious age and wear. Ibibio peoples, Nigeria,

IGBO MMWO AFRICAN SPIRIT MASK, NIGERIA, 15.7"H X 8"W, ON ACRYLIC STAND APPROX 23"

Africa, Nigeria, Igbo, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A striking maiden spirit mask is finely carved with a visage intended to represent the ideal of female beauty, with dramatic facial featu

Igbo masquerade MaskA carved wooden dance mask in the form of The maiden spirit Ikorodo. The mask is painted with a heavy layer of kaolin clay pigment and black and red painted accents. Maiden-spirit

Large Gable Spirit Mask. Blackwater area, Sepik River, Papua New Guinea, mid to late 20th century, bark panels affixed with woven fibers over a bentwood & cane frame, decorated with natural pigments &

A Carved wooden maskette , likely hung on a shrine. A highly stylized female face embellished with incised geometric designs accented with various colors of kaolin clay pigment. The Ijaw believed in s

Africa, Nigeria, Ogoni peoples, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. This is a fun example of one of the Ogoni "elu" (spirit) masks,cane wood masks with white-painted faces, narrow eyes, prominent noses

African Igbo Maiden Spirit Mask, Nigeria, Early 20th C. Carved wood, pigment, cloth. Size: 19.5'' x 7.5'' x 11'' (50 x 19 x 28 cm).

A large fantastic carved wooden helmet mask with tall spiral horns, and highly stylized zoomorphic form painted in various colors and overall showing much handling and field use. It is composed of ele

Bronze figural Gelede style spirit mask, Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, mid 20th century, having an offertory bowl surmounting three female figures, resting on the curved oval mask, the inside crown of the