Bamileke Peoples, large helmet mask, ex-museum

A Tall carved wooden mask or headdress, with elaborate carved details and some openwork design featuring several anthropomorphic, kaolin clay pigments and raised carved motifs. Igbo peoples, Nigeria,

A large carved wooden mask with kaolin clay accents and various tribal motifs including two sets of eyes. From The Bembe peoples of the DRC/ Congo, Africa. The emangungu mask was used in the initiatio

A large carved zoomorphic mask with old worn painted designs and an overall highly stylized yet classic form. Bobo peoples, Burkina Faso, West Africa. The mask measures 31 x 9 inches. A metal display

A dramatic old helmet mask from carved wood with a stylized burden vessel on the head, large eyes and nose, accented with raised linear design and embellished with various textiles. Tiv peoples, Niger

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

A large carved wooden helmet mask with classic facial features, incised and painted scar designs, carved coiffure and embellished with silver paints. Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Africa. The mask measures

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

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

A Tall and elaborate carved wooden helmet mask with stylized leopards, ancestors and large mirror on top. Igbo peoples, Nigeria, West Africa. The mask measures 24 inches tall. A metal display stand ca

A classic carved wooden helmet style mask with openwork designs on top, large flat hat like feature with many well worn holes on top, perhaps to hold feathers and other regalia, accented with kaolin c

African carved helmet mask, ex-museum, Possibly Bamana, zoomorphic form, carved and stained wood, museum name and accession number to interior, 5.5"h x 14"l x 6.5"w Provenance: Deaccessioned works ben

Idoma Peoples, carved mask, ex-museum, 20th c., Nigeria, dark patina wood, carved with attenuated features, mounted to custom display board, museum accession number on rim, 12"l x 9"w (mask), 14.5"h x

Dan Peoples, tribal mask, ex-museum, 19th/20th c., Ivory Coast, carved and stained wood, museum accession number and German inventory label and numbers to interior, 9"l x 5.5"w x 2.5"d Provenance: Dea

Mossi helmet mask, ex-Sotheby's, ex-museum, 20th c., Burkina Faso, therianthropomorphic human face with the powerful attributes of an antelope and bird, human nose and forward-facing eyes, carved wood

Yaka Peoples, initiation mask, ex-museum, 20th c., Zaire, Africa, dark stained carved wood with pigment, raffia grass fringe, 10"h x 7"l x 6"w (excluding fringe) Provenance: Deaccessioned works benefi

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

Lega Peoples, tribal carved mask, ex-museum, DR Congo, carved and stained wood, oblong face, museum accession number to side edge, 9.25"h x 4.75"w x 1"d Provenance: Deaccessioned works benefiting the

Dan Peoples, carved Gagon mask, ex-museum, 20th c., Ivory Coast, dark patina carved wood, animal fur, depicting a baboon face, in custom plastic shadow box display, 9"h x 5"w (mask) Provenance: Deacce

Dan Peoples, carved tribal mask, ex-museum, Liberia, carved and stained wood, fiber remnants in some holes at sides of chin, wood appears dry and old, museum accession number to interior, 8.25"l x 5.7

Baule Peoples, large Gbekre monkey, ex-museum, Ivory Coast, carved and painted wood with remnants of libations including feathers, depicting a monkey figure, on wood base, used to guard sacred areas i

Hemba Peoples, carved monkey mask, ex-museum, DR Congo, carved and stained wood, museum accession numbers to verso, 7"l x 3.75"w x 2.25"d Provenance: Deaccessioned works benefiting the Newark Museum

Ibo (Igbo) Peoples, carved monkey mask, ex-museum, Nigeria, carved and stained wood with red and white pigment, museum name and accession number to interior, 10"h x 6.5"w x 3.5"d Provenance: Deaccessi

Dan Peoples, Gunyege racing mask, ex-museum, 20th c., Ivory Coast, carved dark stained wood, aluminum eyes, paper price tag to mask interior ($1000), 9"h x 5"w Provenance: Deaccessioned works benefiti

Senufo Peoples, large female figure, ex-museum, Ivory Coast, carved wood, standing figure with hands clasping belly, museum accession number on bottom edge, 27"h x 6"w x 5"d (figure), in custom museum