Chamba Bush Cow Helmet

This is a wonderful vintage carved wooden mask worn by the Chamba ( or possibly mama) peoples, Northern Nigeria, Africa. The mask was worn horizontally as a helmet and adorned with various seeds and t

Bushcow helmet mask, Chamba, northern Nigeria, authenticity unproven, raised on stand, 9"h x 21"l (mask); 20"h (overall)

A large carved wood helmet mask with woven rope attachments and signs of field use. The Chamba sponsor a masquerade that incorporates both the ancestral dead and aspects of wild nature. This takes pla

African Tribal Mama Bush Cow Festival Helmet Mask. African tribal mama bush cow (buffalo) festival helmet mask. Received from Nigeria. Consigner attributes the helmet mask to the Chamba tribe, Manbila

This is a wonderful large carved wooden headdress/ mask from the Bidjogo peoples of Guinea Bissau west Africa , who hold initiation rituals for young girls and boys, according to their age group. Thes

A very large carved wooden mask in the form of a Bush cow adorned with real cow horns and Glass eyes. This mask measures 29 x 15 inches. Bidjogo peoples, Guinea Bissau, West Africa.

19th / early 20th century, carved wood with polychrome decoration h. 16 w. 19 d. 8 in. (with stand) Provenance: Purchased in Africa by I. Murry Gelberg in the 1960s, by request of the Baltimore Museum

Mid 20th c Guro Ivory Coast anthropomorphic Gye "Bush Cow" helmet mask, carved wood, length 27"

A group of three African masks. 20th century. ++ Bamana style animal mask. Mali. 21 1/2" x 8 1/2" x 7 1/2". ++ Cameroon style bushcow helmet mask. Cameroon. 29" x 13 1/2" x 10". ++ Senufo style helmet

A group of 4 West African style masks. 20th century. ++ Cameroon Grasslands style Bushcow helmet mask. Cameroon Grasslands, Cameroon Grasslands. 33 1/4”h x 16 3/4”w x 8 1/4”d.++ West African sty

Ornate and impressive carved wooden helmet mask from the Baule peoples, Cote D'Ivoire, West Africa. Known as a "Goli Glin" this mask features zoomorphic elements of the Bush cow and the antelope, in a

A carved wooden helmet mask with painted designs and well handled edges and wear consistent with field use. The Bo nun amuin mask was a very sacred mask to the Baule, the name meaning "gods of the bus

A very interesting old carved wooden shrine idol, with a bush cow like head atop a long neck, the arms and torso carved in a highly stylized manner. The sculpture had been painted with a red mineral p

A rare large carved wooden helmet mask in zoomorphic form with heavily encrusted surface with painted kaolin clay and organic pigments. Montol or Mumuye peoples, Nigeria, Africa. The mask measures 24

Carved wooden helmet style in classic form, incised designs accented with kaolin clay. This is an early 20th century ( before 1930) Grasslands Nja Ceremony dance mask, worn by the Bamun or Bamenda peo

A very old, archaic carved wooden helmet mask with primitive incised linear designs, accented with red paint and with simple "spirit" face on center of the mask. There is quite a bit of age and eviden

A highly stylized wooden helmet /cap mask with two horn like appendages and embellished with a reddish mineral pigment and abrus seeds. Mama peoples, Nigeria, Africa. The mask itself is 15 inches tall

A large carved wooden helmet mask in zoomorphic form , representing a forest spirit or Bushcow , and embellished with a fetish bundle on the forehead, accented with black and white pigments, the white

Cameroon, ca. early 20th century CE. This is a wood mask with a pleasing, symmetrical shape and a straw/grass padding on its back depicting the head of a bush cow. Masks are incredibly important cultu

A Carved wooden mask with kaolin clay pigments accenting facial features. The mask is well handled and was carved in the form of the Bush Cow, a sacred animal effigy among the Guro peoples, Cote d'ivo

This is a very finely carved old wooden mask featuring a realistic Bush cow with tall curved horns, adorned with avian images and red,black and white geometric designs. The mask overall has a well han

West Africa, Burkina Faso or Ivory Coast, Senufo, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A symbolic healer's "ring of silence," cast from brass in the form of a buffalo with large horns and a chameleon for

Cameroonian, Western Grassfields area, Babanki or Bamileke style, possibly 19th/20th century, bush cow form, elongated face with open mouth, notched diamond pattern carved horns, patinated surface, wi

Cameroonian, Western Grassfields area, Babanki or Bamileke style, possibly late 19th/20th century, bush cow forms, elongated faces with open mouths, smaller example with patinated surface, 23 x 12 x 7