Anthropomorphic face mask - Mozambique, Makua

Africa, Tanzania or Mozambique, late 19th / early 20th century CE. This is a naturalistic carved wood mask with smooth naturalistic features, drilled pupils and an applied hair moustache. It has been

Mozambique, mid 20thC, carved wood, black paint, animal hair simulating beard. Usage traces, Provenance: Vera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany. Signs of use. Dim .: 33cm.

CONGO DRC Anthropomorphic HEMBA Mask Anthropomorphic Hemba masks are rare, they give off an impression of majesty and serenity The Hemba are a people living in the province of Katanga (Congo DRC) betw

wood, metal, fabric, animal hair, H: 25 cm, H: 9,8 inch Provenance: Old British Collection (coll. in the 1960s / 70s) Continent: Africa

Measures 9.5x9" In good used condition. The aging and wear on the wood is beautiful. Bog shoes serve the same purpose as snow shoes, but in this case for muddy/marshy bogs and swamps. These were affix

Measures 9.5x8" In good used condition. The aging and wear on the wood is beautiful. Bog shoes serve the same purpose as snow shoes, but in this case for muddy/marshy bogs and swamps. These were affix

Large anthropomorphic face mask, with horn-like cranial protrusion carved with concentric circles, huge concave eye sockets, and looping curvilinear keloid scars. Cracks; one chunk broken off and temp

**Originally Listed At $150** Western Africa, Nigeria, Ogoni peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A finely-crafted, hand-carved wooden anthropomorphic face mask. The intense visage is comprised

Description en français ci-dessous - French description below CONGO RDC TABWA ANTHROPOMORPHIC MASK The Tabwa are a people living in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, and in Zambia, on the

Carl Simeon (First Nations Canadian, Kwakwaka'wakw, b. 1963) A hand carved decorative cedarwood and bark mask, an anthropomorphic face with a raven on the brow, the eye in profile inlaid with a nacre

A very finely carved wooden comb with stylized mask like anthropomorphic face and some linear designs with a deep well handled surface patina. Ashanti / Akan peoples, Ghana, Africa. The Comb measures

**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 with

A heavily encrusted shrine fetish covered in sacrificial blood and organic matter. Stylized anthropomorphic form with ancestor spirit face, mask like forms with horns on the sides, shells and other ob

**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 large

Highly abstract anthropomorphic mask, the concave face with rectangular eyeholes on either side of the wedge shaped nose, the mouth a protruding cylindar cut in at the top to form lips. The drama of t

Rare Pre-Columbian Stone Mask, Condor Huasi-Alamito Culture, Catamarca Province. Features an anthropomorphic face with pronounced brow ridge and nose, drilled perforations with carved ridges indicatin

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, central/southern Mexico, Valley of Mexico to Guerrero region, Teotihuacan culture, ca. 3rd to 7th century CE. A handsome anthropomorphic mask that is hand-carv

**Originally Listed At $500** South Africa, Tanzania or Mozambique, Makua peoples, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A wonderful ceremonial mask hand-carved from wood with simple and naturalistic fea

An old carved wooden face mask adorned with facial scars, a large lip plug and human hair. Makonde peoples, Mozambique / Tanzania, Africa. The mask measures 10 x 9 inches. A metal display stand can be

Second half 20th. C. Realistic facial features combined with real human hair on the head is typical of Lipiko masks, however this is a conventional face mask that must be strapped to the dancer��

Smiling face mask surmounted by Songye type figure with bead and leather necklace. Blackened slit eyes. Possibly Democratic Republic of Congo. Approx. 14 1/2" x 6" x 3".

5 African Anthropomorphic Wood/Metal Masks, one possibly Indonesian, one likely songye kifwebe and others (JLOM7420/5)(MM) Dimensions: Wooden Masks: 38 x 12 x 7, 16 1/2 x 10 x 8 1/2, 28 1/2 x 14 x 4,

A large African Goma tribal face mask. Carved and pigment painted wood portrait mask with anthropomorphic figure. Narrow horizontal open slit for down cast eyes. Carved checkerboard surface decoration

A carved wooden face mask with well worn edges and a large lip plug accented with kaolin clay pigments. Makonde peoples, Mozambique, South Africa. The Tribes of this region do practice Body modificati