Sold2017Mid 20th C. African Mende Wooden Helmet MaskAfrica, Sierra Leone, Mende, ca. mid 20th century CE. A large Bundu mask, skillfully carved from a solid hardwood, reminiscent of the type used during ceremonies associated with the Sande female socieSee Sold Price
Sold2019Early 20th C. African Mende Bundu Wooden Helmet Mask**Originally Listed At $750** West Africa, Liberia or Sierra Leone, Mende peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A large wooden mask characterized by thin slit-form eyes, a huge forehead, a petiteSee Sold Price
Sold201920th C. Mende Bundu Wooden Helmet Mask**Originally Listed At $250** West Africa, Liberia or Sierra Leone, Mende people, ca. early to mid 20th C. CE. A large wooden mask characterized by thin slit eyes, a huge forehead, a petite nose, andSee Sold Price
Sold201820th C. Mende Bundu Wooden Helmet Mask**First Time At Auction** West Africa, Liberia or Sierra Leone, Mende people, ca. early to mid 20th C. CE. A large carved wooden mask characterized by triangular eyes, a huge forehead, a miniscule nosSee Sold Price
Sold202220th C. African Mende Wood Helmet Mask w/ Raffia WreathWest Africa, Liberia or Sierra Leone, Mende people, ca. mid-20th century CE. A large and skillfully carved wooden Bundu mask with a lengthy collar of dark raffia. Used during ceremonies associated witSee Sold Price
Sold2017Large African Kota Wooden Helmet MaskCentral Africa, Gabon, Kota people, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A large wooden helmet mask, hand carved and made from multiple pieces of wood. The mask has a tall crest running from front to bacSee Sold Price
Sold2019Early 20th C. African Mende Wood Helmet Mask**Originally Listed At $500** West Africa, Liberia or Sierra Leone, Mende people, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A darkened wood mask with a small carved face, triangular-shaped chin, narrowed eyesSee 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
Sold2017Superb African Wooden Mende Helmet MaskAfrica, Liberia or Sierra Leone, Mende people, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A large and skillfully carved wooden Bundu mask used during ceremonies associated with the Sande female societiesSee Sold Price
Sold2022WOODEN GURUNSI OULE MASSI CARVED AND DECORATED HELMET MASK. Early-to-mid 20th Century . - Height:WOODEN GURUNSI OULE MASSI CARVED AND DECORATED HELMET MASK. Early-to-mid 20th Century . Patinated wooden Bwa (Bobo-Oule, Burkina Faso) tribal carved decorated mask. Traces of paint and usage. - HeightSee Sold Price
Sold202120th C. African Binji Wood Helmet Mask - Tshibangabanga**Originally Listed At $500** Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Binji (also Bindji) peoples, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A lovely hand-carved wooden helmet mask known as a "tshibSee Sold Price
Sold2018Early 20th C. African E. Nigerian Wood Helmet Mask**Originally Listed At $200** Western Africa, Eastern Nigeria, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A large and rather unusual hand-carved wooden helmet mask of an abstract, hybrid zoomorphic (perhaps siSee 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
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
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
Sold2016Mende Bundu Helmet Mask, Sierra LeoneMende Bundu wood helmet mask, Sierra Leone, mid 20th C., associated with the Sande women's secret society. (LUCE8281)(LUCE8281) Measurements: 16.5 H Condition: Condition commensurate with age and use.See Sold Price
Sold202420th C. African Kuba Wood Bwoom Mask**Originally Listed At $300** Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kasai region, Kuba culture, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A striking hand-carved wooden Bwoom mask, helmet-like in form to fSee Sold Price
Sold2017Bundu Society Helmet Mask, Mende PeoplesHelmut Mask (Bundu Society) mid to late 20th Century, carved wood with black patination, 14.5 inches tall. Provenance: De-accession from The Boca Raton Museum of ArtSee Sold Price
Sold201720th C. Songye / Luba Helmet Rooster MaskAfrica, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Songye or Luba peoples, ca. mid-20th century CE. A strong wooden depiction of a rooster's head on a large, helmet-style mask. The rooster is depicted with a lSee Sold Price
Sold2017Mende style female face mask. c.20th century.A helmet mask of female face and neck; black finish overall. Braided coiffure with raised prongs (comb?) rising above head. Mende style. Mid to late 20th century. 17 1/4" hSee Sold Price
Sold2024An Mende "ndoli jowei" carved wood helmet maskAn Mende "ndoli jowei" carved wood helmet maskEarly 20th century; Sierra Leone, West AfricaThe carved and burnished wooden mask with elaborately carved replication of the hairstyle worn by tSee Sold Price
Sold2023A Mende woman's helmet maskA Mende woman's helmet mask20th century; Sierra Leone/LiberiaThe type of helmet mask worn by women of the Sande society, the carved and burnished wooden mask with elaborately carved hair style and theSee Sold Price
Sold2018Early 20th C. African Bobo Wooden Helmet Mask**Originally Listed At $800** Africa, Burkina Faso, Bobo culture, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand-carved tall, dark, wood mask with a large figural crest. The mask has an abstract, dramatic appearanSee Sold Price
Sold2017Mid 20th C. African Makonde Wooden MaskEastern Africa, Tanzania, Makonde peoples, mid 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden mask with skillfully carved dramatic features such as a jutting chin, large eyes, open mouth, petite nose, round eaSee Sold Price
5 days LeftJasper52African Art Large decorative wooden Mputu ou Luluwa Bena Lulua Mask Congo DrcUS$200