African Dan / Bassa Carved Wood Passport Maskette

West Africa, Liberia, Dan/Bassa, ca. early 20th century CE. A finely carved personal maskette created to serve as an talisman by the Dan peoples and neighboring cultures, replete with features charact

West Africa, Ivory Coast/Liberia, Dan/Bassa, ca. early 20th century CE. A personal passport maskette carved from a lightweight wood, created by the Dan peoples to serve as a talisman, replete with fea

**First Time At Auction**West Africa, Ivory Coast / Liberia, Dan/Bassa, ca. early 20th century CE. This is a personal passport maskette that is carved from a lightweight wood and was created by the Da

**Originally Listed At $150** West Africa, Ivory Coast/Liberia, ca. early 20th century CE. A carved small, personal maskette created to serve as an amulet by the Dan peoples and neighboring cultures,

**Originally Listed At $150** West Africa, Ivory Coast / Liberia, Dan peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A small personal maskette, hand-carved from a lightweight brown wood, created to serve as an a

West Africa, Northern Ivory Coast, Dan, ca. early 20th century CE. A finely carved small, personal maskette created by the Dan peoples, used as a talisman for travel by a family member, replete with f

West Africa, Ivory Coast / Liberia, Dan peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A small personal maskette, hand-carved from a lightweight brown wood, created to serve as an amulet by the Dan peoples and n

**Originally Listed At $150** Western Africa, Liberia / Ivory Coast, Dan peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A lovely duo of hand-carved wooden passport maskettes, with features including pointed chin

Ivory Coast. Bi-planar symmetrical oval mask with pointed chin, small pursed lips, squinted eyes and ridged coiffure. Brown worn aged patina. Size: 2-1/8 inches Height. Provenance: Ex New Bedford MA C

**Originally Listed At $200** Western Africa, Liberia and Côte d'Ivoire, Dan peoples, ca. early to mid-20th century. A pair of wooden passport masks, carried by people in Western Africa as miniature

**First Time At Auction**West Africa, Ivory Coast/Liberia, Dan, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A wonderful carved wood passport mask presenting an expressive visage with an overhanging forehead, ta

This is a rare and unusual old miniature maskette from the Makonde peoples of Tanzania, Africa. Carved wood with stylized face and form, well handled surface patina. The mask measures 5.5 x 4 inches.

(2) African carved wood maskettes, Incl. Bassa Peoples, Liberia, 7"h x 4.75"w; and, Mumuye, Nigeria, with glass eyes and pigments, 7.5"h x 5"w Provenance: The Collection of Lawrence Saphire, NJ

Dan people's style, Carved Wood Passport Masks, Democratic Republic of the Congo, West Africa, 7.5" x 5.5" x 3.5" PROVENANCE:From the estate of Professor Philip Gould, New York

Group of (2) carved wood passport masks: Dan people’s style, Liberia, West Africa and Luba people’s style, Democratic Republic of the Congo, West Africa, 20th century. Approximate size, 4.6”H (l

A Very finely carved wooden face mask from the DAN Bassa peoples, Cote De Ivorie, West Africa. Carved wood with a carving style that shows a Bassa influence, so the mask likely originates from the nor

West Africa, Northern Ivory Coast, Dan, ca. early 20th century CE. A finely carved small, personal maskette created by the Dan peoples, used as a talisman for travel by a family member, replete with f

**Originally Listed At $75** Western Africa, Liberia and C?te d'Ivoire, Dan peoples, ca. early to mid-20th century. An interestingly-shaped Dan passport maskette with a long, pointed chin and a charac

West Africa, Ivory Coast/Liberia, Dan, ca. early 20th century CE. A lovely trio of petite, personal passport maskettes, each example finely carved by the Dan peoples to serve as a talisman. All three

Dan Wood Passport Mask circa 19th Century Size: 3.25" W x 5.5" H West Africa, Ivory Coast, Dan culture, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. An early carved wooden Dan mask that quite unexpectedly

Ca. early to mid 20thC. Very good with no breaks or repairs. Fine original glossy dark patina. Exhibited at The Baltimore Museum of Arts The Monumentality of Miniature African Sculpture in 1973 as Ma

This is an old and field used carved wooden mask from the Dan peoples, Cote ,West Africa. This mask originates from the central Ivory Coast and is an original "Passport" maskette, a smaller hand held

This is a wonderfully carved wooden sculpture from the Bassa ethic group within the Dan complex of Tribes, Liberia and Cote De Ivorie, West Africa. carved from a single piece of wood in an elegant tap

Lot of three (3) carved wood items, including a passport mask in the Bassa style, a slingshot in the Baule style, and a flute/whistle in the Bobo style, West Africa, height 8" (mask), 7.5" (whistle/fl