Early 20th C. Nigerian Igbo Wooden Okperegede Mask

West Africa, Nigeria, Igbo peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A fine example of a wooden mask in the Okoroshi Oma style, hand carved and narrow, to be worn atop the head rather than over the f

**Originally Listed At $200** West Africa, Nigeria, Igbo peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A hand-carved and hand-painted wooden Maiden Spirit (Agbohbho mmwo) mask with delicate features and

**First Time At Auction** Western Africa, Nigeria, Igbo peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden maiden spirit mask with a finely-detailed face comprised of almond-shaped eyes, a slend

West Africa, Nigeria, Ogoni, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. An interesting, hand-carved wooden mask depicting a human with small eyes and nose, a large, open mouth, and a dramatic, parted coiffure

**Originally Listed At $200** Western Africa, Eastern Nigeria, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A large and rather unusual hand-carved wooden helmet mask of an abstract, hybrid zoomorphic (perhaps si

**Originally Listed At $300** Africa, Nigeria, Ibibio or Igbo, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand carved wooden face mask of an ovoid form most likley used for entertainment. The mask depicts a rather

**Originally Listed At $300** Africa, Nigeria, probably Urhobo peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. This is a wooden mask with a dark-painted surface and darker painted details outlining the eyes, lips

Africa, Nigeria, Igbo, Izzi or Ezza area, ca. early 20th century CE. A finely carved wood mask depicting an abstract human face for the Okperegede masquerade held at a festival that commemorates the r

**First Time At Auction** Western Africa, Nigeria, Igbo peoples, ca. first half of the 20th century CE. A hefty bracelet currency that is formed by coiling a singular copper wire fifteen times around

Liberia, late 19th-early 20th century. Wooden mask covered with cloth, clay and goat horns. 22"h. 13"w. including base.

Western Africa, Nigeria, Igbo peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A finely-aged example of a horned anthropomorphic shrine figure known as an "ikenga," hand-carved from lightweight wood. The ik

West Africa, Nigeria, Igbo peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A finely-aged example of a horned anthropomorphic wooden shrine figure known as an "ikenga." In Igbo society, the Ikenga is a ritual obje

West Africa, Nigeria, Igbo peoples, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden Ikenga fetish figure of an intriguing form with a flared base, 3 V-shaped 'arms' extending from the narrow mi

Western Africa, Nigeria, Igbo peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A tall wooden shrine statue (or ikenga) depicting a helmeted male figure standing atop an included circular iron base. In Igbo society

**Originally Listed At $200** West Africa, Nigeria, Ogoni people, ca. mid 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden mask of a simple face with round eyes and mouth and scarification marks at the temples a

**Originally Listed At $200** West Africa, Nigeria, Igbo peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. An interesting carved wooden upper section of a headdress. The conical base has several small perforations

**Originally Listed At $150** West Africa, Nigeria, Igbo peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A finely-aged example of a horned anthropomorphic wooden personal shrine figure known as an "Ikenga." The I

**First Time At Auction** Western Africa, Nigeria, Igbo peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden anthropomorphic shrine figure known as an "ikenga." The figure has a pair of bro

Latin America, Central America, Guatemala, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand-carved and finely-detailed Guatemalan festival mask representing a donkey. The elongated snout displays a petite nose and r

Latin America, Mexico, ca. early 20th century CE. An adorable mask resembling a short-snouted dog, hand-carved from hard wood and painted dark-brown. The mask displays bulbous eyes, a short nose, styl

Latin America, Guatemala, ca. early 20th century CE. An early example of a hand-carved and hand-painted face mask depicting a bull with a fierce countenance in hues of black, brown, white, pink, and r

West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A very nice example of a hand-carved mask with a conical, incised coiffure, almond-shaped eyes underneath large, projecting eyel

Latin America, Central America, Guatemala, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden mask depicting a man with a thick goatee, rectangular eyes, a slender nose, and a slight-parted mouth.

**First Time At Auction** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba culture, ca. early 20th century. A tall, abstract, hand-carved wooden mask. It features very deeply cut, rectangular eyes underneath a heavy brow