A VERY FINE OLD YORUBA GELEDE AFRICAN MASK

This is a wonderful carved wooden mask featuring the original pigments and paint, this mask dates to the early 20th century 1900-1930. The figure on top is well carved with raised scars and charming p

A very fine Old Yoruba Gelede mask with a wonderful Horizontal helmet style. Featuring a well carved coiffure and indigo accented facial scars. A Very Old example, Ex Amyas Naegele, New York.The mask

A Very rare, old and interesting wooden mask from the Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Africa. Carved wooden helmet style mask with a female sculpture on top with arms above head carrying a burden (vessel). T

A Very rare, old and interesting wooden mask from the Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Africa. Carved wooden helmet style mask with a smiling face and open headdress and painted green face. The top of the mas

This is a very old and well used Yoruba Egungun mask with tall "rabbit" like ears and traditional style face. The mask has a painted kaolin clay surface and is Very well weathered suggesting great age

A carved wooden mask with painted red face and green and yellow ceremonial cap. The mask has traditional facial features and signs of field use and wear. Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Africa. The mask meas

A carved wooden mask with well weathered surface, some old insect damage and obvious weather decay, all carved from a single piece of wood. From the Yoruba peoples of Nigeria West Africa. The Yoruba t

Old Yorube Gelede helmut mask with male seated effigy measuring: 12" W x 18" D x 12" H

This is a very old and well used Yoruba peoples Gelded festival mask or headdress, Nigeria, Africa. This heavily weathered and field used headdress has a wonderful head full of twisted dreadlocks, and

A Very fine Old carved wooden helmet mask featuring a wonderfully stylized canine being attacked by a long snake twisted around his body, making a very interesting openwork design on top of the mask.

A carved wooden mask with a well handled surface and traditional incised linear designs to represent facial scars. Yoruba Peoples, Nigeria, Africa. The Mask is small and measures 9 inches tall.

This is a very old and well used Yoruba peoples Gelede festival mask or headdress, Nigeria, Africa. This heavily weathered and field used mask has a finial representing 2 DUN DUN or Talking drums on e

**Originally Listed At $200** West Africa, Yoruba peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A fine example of one of the most distinctive forms of West African masks: a helmet Gelede mask, made to be

West Africa, Yoruba peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A fine example with nice aged patina - one of the most distinctive forms of West African masks. This is a helmet Gelede mask, made to be worn by

Very Old carved wooden mask from the Yoruba peoples of Nigeria, West Africa. Measures 15 x 10 inches. Ex Robert banks collection, Maryland.

**Originally Listed At $200** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. mid 20th century CE. A fine example of one of the most distinctive forms of West African masks. This is a helmet Gelede mask, ma

A Rare and very well weathered Yoruba peoples mask from Nigeria, West Africa. This is a very fine carved wooden helmet mask with tall rabbit like ears and carved face, a Yoruba Egungun style mask. Egu

This is a rather charming old and field used wooden mask , worn in the Gelede spectacle , Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Africa. What is most fascinating is the small figure atop the mask can be moved to si

**Originally Listed At $300** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A fine example of a hand-carved wooden helmet mask, featuring an anthropomorphic face with a large

A very finely carved wooden face mask with a glossy polished surface patina and a deep well handled patina. The mask has wide open eyes and evidence it once had metal accents. The mask will include a

A carved wooden dance mask in classic style, heavy kaolin clay pigments, scar designs carved in relief, tall central crest coiffure and well handled edges. Such masks were worn by male performers of a

A carved wood and painted red dance mask with a highly stylized face and remains of wooden collar, now decayed and eroded away. The Long classic face accented with reddish organic / mineral pigments a

Elegant old carved wooden ceremonial mask with anthropomorphic central finial and classic facial style and design. Senufo peoples, Ivory Coast, West Africa. Among the Senufo families owned and wore su

A carved wooden helmet style mask with traditional face and stylized headdress. Created for the Gelede spectacle, Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Africa. The mask measures 10 x 12 inches. A metal display sta