A Rare Mossi African mask with Ancestor finial

A very tall carved wooden mask featuring an elegant female ancestor finial above the mask face, all carved from a single piece of dense wood. Among the Mossi of Burkina Faso, a wooden face mask surmou

Tall carved wooden mask with elegant female ancestor image, from the Mossi of Burkina Faso, West Africa. This is a rare style of mask created by the Mossi to appear at the funeral of an elderly Mossi

A large carved wooden mask accented with white kaolin clay pigment and decorated with linear designs and holes. The mask features a tall ancestor finial. Fang peoples, Gabon, Africa. The mask measures

A very weathered and eroded carved wooden mask with a serene ancestor image on top. Yaure peoples, Ivory Coast of west Africa. The mask measures 27 inches tall. There is no display stand with this lot

A Carved wooden mask with avian finial and heavy polychromed surface, showing much handling and wear. Urhobo peoples, Nigeria, Africa. The mask itself measures 14 x 5 inches ( 21 inches tall on profes

A Tall carved wooden mask with dark wood, animal snout, ears and horns with a central ancestor finial. The mask measures 25 inches tall, a metal display stand can also be included for an additional $4

A Tall carved wooden dance mask with female effigy as top finial, embellished with various grass, seed, old glass beads and shell regalia and painted with organic pigments , apparent sweating surface

A carved wooden mask with a ancestor head finial on top, simple hair locks and a brilliant blue pigment. Bozo peoples, Mali, Africa. The mask measures 14 x 6.5 inches. * A durable metal display stand

This is a rare example of a Mende Bundu mask worn by members of The Humui or Sande society, Sierra Leone, West Africa. A carved wooden mask with a most unusual superstructure on top, a winged dragon l

Unusual old Senufo peoples mask from mali, West Africa. carved dense hard wood featuring a long avian bird beak and two stylized animal ears, and a Ancestor face as a central finial. The mask has some

A very rare carved wooden face mask with tall horns and expressive face with conical eyes, and small ancestor faces on the horns. Wongo peoples, Congo, Africa. Provenance: field collected by Dr. Ken A

A Vintage and Rare carved wooden helmet "N'Kang" mask with large smiling ancestor face and elaborate tall coiffure. the mask has a heavy earthen pigment surface and white kaolin clay accenting the eye

A Tall carved wooden Dance mask representing the sacred Hornbill bird with female ancestor image on top and various painted designs, woven grass rope for attachment. Known locally as a (Dyodyomini),Do

A Large carved wooden mask with highly abstract facial features and a most interesting front lock finial that evolves into an arm and hand. A very unusual example. Mossi peoples or related ethnic grou

A tall carved wooden helmet style mask with long face and tall horns, adorned with an ancestor figure as central finial. The mask measures 27 inches tall x 8.5 inches wide. A metal display stand can b

A carved wooden mask with kaolin clay pigments and accented with laundry blue pigments. Such masks were worn by Ekpo members to impersonate the ancestors. Rituals were also performed for planting, har

This is a Older carved wooden mask from the Pende peoples of the Congo, central Africa. A wonderful ancestor face with tall conical finial and decorated with some simple linear designs, all from a sin

A carved wooden mask with 3 ancestor faces as one, and decorated with two ancestor sculptures as the top finial. The mask has a highly stylized and elongated face, open work ears as well as facial sca

A rare early 20th century West African Nigerian Yoruba painted and crafted wood ancestors mask. The mask has wide open eyes, big lips, and a nose, and decorated with a big helmet on the top. The creat

Carved wooden face mask with tall superstructure of female ancestor effigy. The mask has wonderful stylized treatment to the mask face and female form. Mossi peoples, Burkina faso, Africa. The mask me

Tall carved wooden mask with highly stylized facial features and geometric forms, surmounted by a tall blade like finial. From The Afikpo peoples, Nigeria, Africa. Mounted to custom display stand.

carved wooden mask from the Dogon peoples of Mali, West Africa. Tall superstructure attached with arms and legs, representing a Crocodile. two Ancestor figures act as the top finial. This mask measure

This is a very unusual carving from the Fang peoples of Gabon, West Africa. A carved wooden German Army helmet with a Fang sculpture as top finial. The Helmet has a old aluminum plaque on one side tha

Rare Bamana / Bambara or Marka N'tomo African mask from Mali, West Africa.Carved from a single piece of wood and featuring a tall comb like spike finial and metal accented decorations on the face and