Sold2021Early 20th C. Yoruba Polychrome Wood Gelede Helmet Mask**Originally Listed At $300** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A fine example of a hand-carved wooden helmet mask, featuring an anthropomorphic face with a largeSee Sold Price
Sold2017Early 20th C. African Yoruba Wood Gelede MaskWest Africa, Yoruba peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A fine example with nice aged patina - one of the most distinctive forms of West African masks. This is a helmet Gelede mask, made to be worn bySee Sold Price
Sold201820th C. African Yoruba Gelede Wood Helmet Mask**First Time At Auction** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A tall and finely-detailed carved wooden Gelede mask, hand-painted in red, white, and blue hues. The overallSee Sold Price
Sold2018Early 20th C. African Yoruba Gelede Wooden Helmet MaskWestern Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A stunning helmet mask, hand-carved from a single piece of wood, with an expressive countenance and vibrant coloration. A flared botSee Sold Price
Sold2024Helmet Mask w/Umbrella Top, Yoruba, NigeriaAfrican 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 aSee Sold Price
Sold2021Gelede helmet mask with birds, Yoruba, 14"hGelede helmet mask Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, mid to late 20th century, executed in carved wood with polychrome pigment, having a tall, complex crest with birds and a white face, 14"h x 13"w x 15"d.See Sold Price
Sold2018Early 20th C. African Yoruba Gelede Wooden Helmet Mask**Originally Listed At $200** West Africa, Yoruba peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A fine example of one of the most distinctive forms of West African masks: a helmet Gelede mask, made to beSee Sold Price
Sold2018Early 20th C. African Yoruba Wood Egungun Helmet Mask**Originally Listed At $150** Western Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A dark wooden helmet mask with an abstract zoomorphic face over a round base drilled through toSee Sold Price
Sold2016Early 20th C. Yoruba Gelede Mask, Birdcage HeadressAfrica, Nigeria or Benin, Yoruba, ca. early 20th century CE. A skillfully carved and meticulously painted Gelede helmet mask composed of two parts - the expressive mask, here an abstract male face witSee Sold Price
Sold201719th C. Yoruba Painted Wood Helmet Mask**Originally Listed At $600** West Africa, Yoruba peoples, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A fine example with nice aged patina of one of the most distinctive forms of West African masks. This is aSee Sold Price
Sold201820th C. Yoruba Wood Transformational Gelede Mask**Originally Listed At $200** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. mid 20th century CE. A fine example of one of the most distinctive forms of West African masks. This is a helmet Gelede mask, maSee Sold Price
Sold2018African Yoruba Gelede Wooden Helmet Mask**Originally Listed At $200** Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba, ca. early 20th century CE. A fantastic example of a hand-carved wooden Gelede helmet mask. The face is delightfully delineated with bold featuresSee Sold Price
Sold2023SENUFO BUSH COW HELMET MASK19th / early 20th century, carved wood with polychrome decoration h. 16 w. 19 d. 8 in. (with stand) Provenance: Purchased in Africa by I. Murry Gelberg in the 1960s, by request of the Baltimore MuseumSee Sold Price
Sold2022Makonde Lipiko MaskEarly 20th c Makonde People (Mozambique) Lipiko helmet mask carved wood and rubbed polychrome minor losses commensurate with age. 10 x 10 x 12"See Sold Price
Sold2018Early 20th C. Yoruban Wood Egungun Helmet Mask**Originally Listed At $250** West Africa, Nigeria & Benin, Yoruba peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A strking example of a Egungun helmet mask with a round, zoomorphic face, its forehead andSee Sold Price
Sold2023Large African Yoruba Gelede Helmet Mask w/ Snake, Pigs**Originally Listed At $750** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden helmet mask, featuring an anthropomorphic face with a pair of pigs standing atop withSee Sold Price
Sold2023Yoruba Gelede Wood Belly Mask - ex Arte Primitivo**First Time At Auction** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba, ca. early to mid-20th century. A hand carved wooden fertility / birthing body mask worn during Gelede celebrations, rendered in the form of a prSee Sold Price
Sold2018* Two Yoruba Wood Masks Height of taller example 43 1/4* Two Yoruba Wood Masks early 20th century each having polychrome highlights. Height of taller example 43 1/4 inches. Estimate $ 400-600 The Property of the Detroit Institute of Arts, Sold to BenefitSee Sold Price
Sold2024ANTIQUE WEST AFRICAN NIGERIAN YORUBA ANCESTOR MASKA rare early 20th century West African Nigerian Yoruba painted and crafted wood ancestors mask. The mask has wide open eyes, big lips, and a nose, and decorated with a big helmet on the top. The creatSee Sold Price
Sold2018A Yoruba Epa Helmet Maskpossibly early 20th century, carved, polychromed, and dyed wood, consists of a janiform helmet with a pierced mouth supporting various figures, including a female figure on horseback with two additionSee Sold Price
Sold2023Gelede Helmet Mask w/ Female Figure, Yoruba, NigeriaAfrican 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 witSee Sold Price
Sold2018Early 20th C. Nigerian Yoruba Wood MaskWest Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A very nice example of a hand-carved mask with a conical, incised coiffure, almond-shaped eyes underneath large, projecting eyelSee Sold Price
Sold2016Early 20th C. Nuu-Chah-Nuilth Polychrome Wood MaskNorth America, Pacific Northwest, Nuu-Chah-Nuilth peoples, ca. 1910 CE. A beautiful wooden mask, hand carved from a dark wood and finely painted with a tattoo-like design in green, red, and black huesSee Sold Price
Sold2018African Yoruba Gelede Polychromed Helmet MaskWest African, 20th century. A Yoruba Gelede helmet mask with bells and cowrie shells around neck. Approx. h. 23", w. 13, d. 16".See Sold Price
May 10Crescent City Auction GalleryNew Orleans Mardi Gras, Krewe of Proteus Brass Helmet, early 20th c., H.- 21 in., W.- 8 1/2 in., D.-US$650
May 10Crescent City Auction GalleryNew Orleans Mardi Gras, Krewe of Proteus Brass Helmet, early 20th c., H.- 18 in., W.- 9 1/2 in., D.-US$650
May 10Crescent City Auction GalleryContinental/Spanish School, "Ships at Port- El Huerto Pequeno de Barramrio," early 20th c., H.- 25 iUS$250
May 10Crescent City Auction GalleryAmerican School, "Landscape with Mountains and Figures in a Canoe on a River," late 19th/early 20thUS$250
May 10Crescent City Auction GalleryFrench Art Nouveau Brass and Wood Dessert Cart, early 20th c., H.- 31 in., W.- 30 1/2 in., D.- 18 inUS$250
May 10Crescent City Auction GalleryPatinated Spelter Figural Gas Newel Post Lamp, early 20th c., H.- 29 1/2 in., W.- 2 in., D.- 7 1/2 iUS$325
May 10Crescent City Auction GalleryFrench Renaissance Style Carved Walnut Bookcase, early 20th c., H.- 80 in., W.- 48 in., D.- 18 in.US$500