ANTIQUE AFRICAN HELMET MASK, WOOD AND CLOTH WITH COWRIE

ANTIQUE AFRICAN HELMET MASK, WOOD AND CLOTH WITH COWRIE SHELLS, GUERE-WOBE/DAN, LIBERIA OR SIERRA LEONE, 11.8"H X 8"W, ON ACRYLIC STAND TOTAL HEIGHT 24"SKU812.12,

A large and very impressive hand-carved baobab wood Dan people helmet mask from the African Coast region, West Africa. The mask is decorated with chicken feathers and cowrie shells. Dan people is a Ma

Ca. first half 20thC. Very good with age appropriate wear including some wood and surface/pigment losses. Fine in carved and painted wood featuring copper, cowries, and good antique glass trade beads.

African, Democratic Republic of the Congo Kuba hand carved and beaded tribal helmet mask with cowrie shells, black, white, blue, teal beads, wood carved ears sewn on cloth covering back of mask and cr

Dan Mask with Wood, cloth, cowries, pigments, patina, late 20th Century, Height 10 3/4 inches, Provenance: De-accession from The Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL

A Kuba Style Bwoom Helmet Mask. Wood, beads, cowrie shells, natural fibers, and animal hair. 20th century. Democratic Republic of the Congo. 12” x 11”. Condition: Surface dirt, residue. Pr

Antique African Mossi Helmet Mask, Burkina Faso. Carved wood and pigment. Provenance: Peter-Michael Boyd Traditional African Art and Material Culture, Seattle; ex collection Drs. John & Nicole Dintenf

Two well made Dan (Liberia/Ivory Coast) African masks: one carved wood with cloth, leather, cowrie shell, bells, and rope decoration, purportedly used in Poro initiation ceremony, one female mask with

African Kuba Bushoong Moshambwooy Helmet Mask, DRC. Wood, plant fiber, cowrie shells, beads, raffia. Size: 21'' x 10'' x 12'' (53 x 25 x 30 cm).

A Kuba Nyet Helmet Mask with Horns, DRC. Wood, beads, cowrie shell, plant fiber. Ex Collection Prof. Gene R. Shreve, South Yarmouth, Massachusetts. Size: 13'' x 21'' x 14'' (33 x 53 x 36 cm).

DESCRIPTION: Antique African Mende carved lacquered wood sowei (helmet mask). Presenting rolls on the collared neck, thin features on the almond form face, cut braid design and tripartite fins at the

Three African Helmet Masks. Including an Igala helmet mask and a Yoruba Gelede helmet mask. Carved wood, pigment, cowrie shells and metal bells. Largest size: 17'' x 12'' x 16'' (43 x 30 x 41 cm).

A Kuba style helmet mask with oval eyes with slit-like openings, a diamond-shaped mouth, and a beard of cowrie shells. Wood, cowrie shells, beads, feathers, and metal. 20th century. Democratic Republi

Antique African Kete Helmet Mask from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Late 19th C ritual ceremony mask made of wood, hair, feathers, pigment and rope. From a Montreal private collection inherited by

Full title: A Kuba helmet mask (mukenga) with cowrie shells, Congo, 20th C. Description: H 64,5 x L 60 x D 60 cm About this sale: Paul De Grande is one of the major dealers of antique furniture, fine

Eket Ceremonial Headdress Mask, wood with cloth, copper and cowrie shell decoration, Nigeria, 15" tall, 10" wide, 5" deep at base. Age and use patina. From the estate of Thomas Cavanaugh of Maine and

Kuba people, African (Congo), 20th century. Hand carved and decorated African tribal Bwoom helmet mask with carved wood and woven fiber apron ornately decorated with cowrie shells on top and sides of

20th century, carved wood face mask with cloth/cowrie shells headdress, wood horns, horse hair mustache and bells. This lot to be sold on day 2, Thursday, October 4 (Lots 949-2020) 15 in. From the Co

Embellished with cloth, antlers, and cowry shells. 14" H. (From a Manhattan Estate)

AFRICAN BEADWORK, COWRIE SHELL AND PAINTED WOOD HELMET MASK20th CenturyHeight 11.5”. Length 14.5”.

African Kuba Bwoom Helmet Mask, DRC, 19th/20th C. A very old mask with signs of ritual use and some loses caused by time and wear. Wood, glass beads, copper, and raffia cloth. On custom included stand

African horned helmet mask, Kuba people, Democratic Republic of the Congo, wood body and horns, embellished with cowrie shells, trade beads, and hammered gilt metal, accented by animal hair and woven

A fine and rare old African helmet mask from the Dogon people of Mali. Surmounted by an equestrian figure, partly lost. Also features carved standing female figures in high relief around the body. It

Mende Dance headdress for women's initiation (Bundu Society) Blackened wood measures 13.5" x 9" x 8" Conical helmet mask representing head of a woman with an elaborate hair arrangement and small wide