Mid-20th C. Lega Wooden Anthropomorphic Face Mask

**Originally Listed At $150** Western Africa, Nigeria, Ogoni peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A finely-crafted, hand-carved wooden anthropomorphic face mask. The intense visage is comprised

**Originally Listed At $500** Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lega peoples, ca. mid 20th century CE. A fine mask of a stylized human face, hand-carved from hard wood and colored with

**Originally Listed At $750** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden helmet mask, featuring an anthropomorphic face with a pair of pigs standing atop with

**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

Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lega peoples, ca. mid-20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden maskette depicting an abstract anthropomorphic face. The elongated head is detailed with d

**Originally Listed At $300** Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lwalwa (sometimes Lwalu, Balwalwa) peoples, ca. mid 20th century CE. A beautiful and hand-carved wooden face mask with a

**Originally Listed At $200** Western Africa, Nigeria, Ogoni peoples, ca. mid 20th century CE. A large, hand-carved wooden mask with slit-form eyes, bar-shaped ears with grooved notches, a broad nose,

West Africa, Liberia and Ivory Coast, Dan peoples, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden face mask known as a "gle" or "ge" used during ceremonial dances by the Dan peoples. The ovoid

**Originally Listed At $500** Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Timor Island, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden ancestral face mask of an abstract presentation with openwork eyes and mou

Originally offered at $500... Oceania, New Zealand, Maori, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. An expertly carved wooden abstract anthropomorphic wheku face with nacre shell disc eyes. The abstract vis

**Originally Listed At $500** Oceania, New Zealand, Maori, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. An expertly carved wooden abstract anthropomorphic wheku face with nacre shell disc eyes. The abstract visa

CONGOLESE HUNDE PEOPLES WOODEN FACE MASK , Early-to-mid 20th century. Patinated face mask from the Hunde / Bantu people (Bahunde, Kobi, Rukobi) aof the Kivu region in the Democratic Republic of the Co

A facemask & small wooden facemask. ++ A wooden face mask, Gabon, Punu style. 20th century,. ++ A small wooden face mask, DRC, Lega style. 20th century. Provenance: The Inventory and Collection from t

Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Luba, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. One of my favorite masks, skillfully carved from a single piece of wood with meticulously delineated linear incisions

**First Time At Auction** Western Africa, Nigeria, Ogoni peoples, ca. mid 20th century CE. A large and strong antelope face mask (or "karikpo") - traditionally used early in the agricultural season as

A group of four masks. ++ A oval shaped wooden painted face mask, DRC, Lega style. 20th century,. ++ A white and tan face mask, Gabon Kota style. 20th century,. ++ A cream colored face mask with diago

Latin America, Mexico, Oaxaca, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A carved wooden mask depicting two faces - one painted white, the other painted yellow - sharing a central eye. The ghostly visages are

**First Time At Auction** West Africa, Nigeria, Ogoni peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A mesmerizing wooden mask, colored with dark, soil-based pigments, with a small face with deepset eyes,

**Originally Listed At $250** West Africa, Yoruba peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A monochromatic example of a wooden Gelede mask. The face is exquisitely carved with repeated triangular pa

A group of three African objects. ++ A horned white faced animal mask, DRC, Lega style. 20th century. ++ A silver armlet with dangling decorations. Early 20th century. ++ A wooden monkey face mask, Ma

**Originally Listed At $1500** Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lega peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A delightful mask of an elegant human face. Narrow, rectangular openwor

**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 $100** Mexico, Guerrero, early 20th to mid-20th century CE. This is a wooden carved mask of a woman's face, Malinche, a Nahua woman who lived at the time of the Spanish conquest

West Africa, Nigeria, Ogoni, early to mid 20th century CE. A small but very strong goat face mask (karikpo) traditionally used early in the agricultural season as a figure in ceremonies that honor the