Old Kongo Woyo Ndunga Secret Society Dance mask

A large carved wooden mask decorated with painted designs and showing much handling and wear. Woyo masks are used by Ndunga , a men's secret society with a role in maintaining social order and fightin

A large carved wooden mask decorated with painted designs and showing much handling and wear. Woyo masks are used by Ndunga , a men's secret society with a role in maintaining social order and fightin

A large carved wooden mask decorated with painted designs and showing much handling and wear. Woyo masks are used by Ndunga , a men's secret society with a role in maintaining social order and fightin

A Carved wooden mask accented with kaolin clay and incised designs, and embellished with a raffia grass beard. Lega peoples, DRC/ Congo, Africa. Most Lega 'masks' are actually ornaments rarely worn ov

A carved wooden mask with classic decoration and signs of field use and wear. The mask is expertly and thinly carved. Yombe / Kongo peoples, Central Africa , DRC / Congo. The mask measures 8.5 x 6.5 i

A Yoruba igbo costume and mmwo mask. 20th century. Yoruba. Nigeria. "Men of middle rank in the secret society would dance with these masks, known as "Agbogho Mmwo." They would dance at the beginning o

a very rare Old and well used Bakongo Woyo Ndunga mask. carved wood with painted and encrusted surface, mineral pigments. Bakongo or Woyo peoples, Congo, central Africa. Provenance: - Ex. Sol and Jose

A very finely carved wooden Female dance mask of the Kifwebe secret Society, DRC. Congo, Africa. The mask features very precise incised linear designs. Among the small Songye chiefdoms along the Lomam

A carved wooden semi-helmet style dance mask with classic linear designs, abstract form and with raffia grass netting attached. Kifwebe secret society, Basongye peoples, DRC/ Congo, Africa. The mask i

A carved wooden dance mask with comb like structure on top and primitive facial features. Bamana peoples, Kore secret society mask, Mali, Africa. The mask measures 16 x 7.5 inches ( 19 inches tall on

A carved wooden dance mask in the form of a stylized Hyena , with well handled and weathered surface , a black mineral pigment and signs of age and field use. Bamana peoples, Mali, Africa. The mask me

A carved wooden mask with ornate decoration and signs of field use and wear. The mask is expertly and thinly carved. Yombe / Kongo peoples, Central Africa , DRC / Congo. The mask measures 11 x 6.5 inc

A Very Rare Old Songye Shield from the Congo, Africa.Carved from a single piece of wood and featuring a large Kifwebe society mask with large iron spikes driven into the mask face. A Very large and pr

A Carved wooden dance mask embellished with kaolin clay pigments and black and white paints. The white masks known as Okuyi of the Mukudj male initiation society embody the spirit of a protective youn

A Very Fine Old Senufo Kpeliye Mask, worn by members of the Poro, a secret society which oversees initiation ceremonies in the Ivory Coast of West Africa. The mask features delicate oval form with geo

This is a very fine old Lega maskette worn by members of the Bwami secret society. carved wood with a kaolin clay painted face and several drilled holes, some for attachment, others for decorative pur

An old carved wooden dance mask with a deep well handled surface patina and signs of use, weathering. Such masks were used during the ceremonies of the initiation society Nyaun or Nyao , an associatio

Title: Cute MBOLE BAMBOLE Mask Congo Rdc Zaire Kongo African Tribal Art 1293 Additional Information: CONGO DRC MBOLE Lilwa Society cute old mask Bambole are a people whose rites have remained rather m

A very rare carved wooden mask decorated with incised linear designs. The rites and practices of the Mbole people, who inhabit the east-central region of the equatorial forest in the Democratic Republ

Guatemalan fine old dance mask, probably 19th century, and representing a Spaniard, possibly with glass eyes originally, curly hair and mustache depicted, extensive use and glossy patina, superbly car

Old "Boki" mask from Vanuatu, a rare variant form of a Rom mask that is hard to find comparable examples - collected in 1959. 20?25?38 cm, stand included. Reserve: $650.00 Shipping: Domestic: Flat-rat

Old "Boki" mask from Vanuatu, a rare variant form of a Rom mask that is hard to find comparable examples - collected in 1959. 20?25?38 cm, stand included.Reserve: $650.00Shipping:Domestic: Flat-rate o

A carved wooden ceremonial mask with highly stylized zoomorphic and human like form, raised linear designs and swept back horns on the top. This angbai mask was most likely used during ceremonies of t

A carved wooden ceremonial mask with strong classic features, stylized protruding mouth and nose, raised central crest and linear designs accented with organic pigments. Songye peoples, DRC. Congo, ce