AFRICAN WOVEN MUKENGA ELEPHANT HELMET MASK

Kuba Mukyeen "Elephant" Helmet Mask, African Art Congo - C. Mid-20th century. A ceremonial Mukyeen (Mukenga) "Elephant" mask of the Kuba Peoples of what is now the Democratic Republic. The mukenga mas

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

Group of three various Nigeria, Africa carved wood and polychrome masks, including: Igbo agbogho mmwo helmet mask with woven material attached; Igala egwu agba; together with Mumuye mask (stand no

Group of three various Nigeria, Africa carved wood and polychrome masks, including: Igbo agbogho mmwo helmet mask with woven material attached; Igala egwu agba; together with Mumuye mask (stand no

A Vintage to Antique carved wooden Dance mask with woven basketry helmet and raffia grass collar / beard. The mask was embellished with old glass beads and cowrie shells. Kuba lele ethnic group, DRC/

Item/Description: Decorative, highly decorated Kuba Style helmet mask features elaborate cowrie shell and bead work. Democratic Republic of Congo. (Mukenga / mwaash Ambooy, Republic Congo, Kuba People

African Igbo, Nigeria carved wood and polychrome ogbodo enyi (elephant spirit) mask; with woven raffia elements to verso (stand not included); L: 20" (approx.)

Bassa Headdress from Liberia, West Africa. Wood mask attached to a woven basket helmet with fur border. Wear to fur. Headdress: 11" diameter. Headdress on stand: 47" H.

African Igbo, Nigeria carved wood and polychrome ogbodo enyi (elephant spirit) mask; with woven raffia elements to verso (stand not included); L: 20" (approx.)

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

A Fantastic older and well used carved wooden helmet style mask with elaborate painted designs and woven grass textiles, along with animal skins, cowrie shells, beads , feathers and more. This ornate

Yaka Peoples, Kholuka helmet mask, DR Congo, carved and polychrome painted wood, woven raffia, the house-form helmet paint-decorated with geometric patterns, the front carved with an oval face with up

Kuba Peoples, helmet mask, 20th c., Congo, coconut shell covered in woven reed and cowie shell, adorned with leather-wrapped antelope face, horns, and hair, 10"h x 9"l x 7"w Provenance: The Collection

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 grouping of three African carved objects to include an Akuaba carved fertility doll, an elephant mask from Zaire, and a Bwa carved and painted mask helmet. Tallest: 28-1/2in tall. | Philadelphia Met

A large carved wooden semi-helmet style mask with linear designs, tall central crest and attached woven fiber rope netting to cover the dancer. Basonge peoples, Kifwebe society, DRC/ Congo, central Af

Carved wooden helmet style mask embellished with hammered copper, beads, shells and woven grass textiles . Such masks were worn during male initiation ceremonies known as "nkaan". A mask like the one

Carved wooden helmet style mask of an ancestor face. A woven grass rope adorns the mask as well. The Wood is light weight and has a golden brown color and shiny patina. Makonde peoples, Tanzania, Afri

This is a very interesting contemporary African mask from Angola and the Chokwe peoples. The carved wooden mask face is adorned with raffia grass beads, basket like helmet and extremely long woven rop

Mende Helmet Mask, Sierra Leone soweii Wood with burnished black shiny patina Height 19in (48.2cm) Provenance Mauricio and Emilia Lasansky Collection, Iowa City Jerry Solomon Collection, Los Angeles

A finely carved wooden helmet mask with classic facial features and a well handled and polished smooth surface suggesting ceremonial use over many years. Mende peoples, Bundu society, Sierra leone, We

West Africa, Ivory Coast / Côte d’Ivoire, Senufo tribe, ca. mid 20th century CE. Elaborate assemblages of male figure with fiber around his legs and his shoulder. The mask plays a part at the buria

Africa, 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 societies

Helmmaske, "kipoko" West-Pende, DR Kongo Mit Sockel / with base Holz. H 31 cm. Provenienz: Gérald Minkoff (1937-2009) und Muriel Olesen (1948-2020), Genf. Die kipoko genannte Maske ist die Hauptm