20th C. African Bassa Wood Gela Maskette

**First Time At Auction**West Africa, Ivory Coast / Liberia, Dan/Bassa, ca. early 20th century CE. This is a personal passport maskette that is carved from a lightweight wood and was created by the Da

West Africa, Ivory Coast/Liberia, Dan/Bassa, ca. early 20th century CE. A personal passport maskette carved from a lightweight wood, created by the Dan peoples to serve as a talisman, replete with fea

West Africa, Liberia, Dan/Bassa, ca. early 20th century CE. A finely carved personal maskette created to serve as an talisman by the Dan peoples and neighboring cultures, replete with features charact

**Originally Listed At $75** Western Africa, Liberia and C?te d'Ivoire, Dan peoples, ca. early to mid-20th century. An interestingly-shaped Dan passport maskette with a long, pointed chin and a charac

**Originally Listed At $150** West Africa, Ivory Coast / Liberia, Dan peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A small personal maskette, hand-carved from a lightweight brown wood, created to serve as an a

**Originally Listed At $200** Western Africa, Liberia and Côte d'Ivoire, Dan peoples, ca. early to mid-20th century. A pair of wooden passport masks, carried by people in Western Africa as miniature

Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Songye peoples, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A wonderful wood maskette panel of rectangular form, skillfully hand-carved and painted with white a

**Originally Listed At $150** Western Africa, Liberia / Ivory Coast, Dan peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A lovely duo of hand-carved wooden passport maskettes, with features including pointed chin

20th century, Africa, one Bassa carved and incised fertility figure plus one painted wood figure with reticulated arms and one carved and incised figure. This lot to be sold on day 3, Friday, October

Late 19th/Early 20th C. Bassa Ppl Miniature Geh Naw Maskette. Liberia. Wood with deep, thick, encrusted and darkened patina from much use and care. Length: 7 7/8 in. In excellent condition, though mis

Africa, Nigeria, Ogoni peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. This is a maskette made of hand carved wood (probably cane wood) that would have been worn atop the head, with the rest of the body covered b

Africa, Wood mask Bassa Liberia c.20th century. Size 9 5/8 inches high x 6 3/4 wide. Carved hard wood mask depicting a young woman, pierced around edged. Private New York City Collection.

Africa, Wood mask Bassa Liberia c.20th century. Size 9 5/8 inches high x 6 3/4 wide. Carved hard wood mask depicting a young woman, pierced around edged. Private New York City Collection.

West Africa, Ivory Coast / Liberia, Dan peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A small personal maskette, hand-carved from a lightweight brown wood, created to serve as an amulet by the Dan peoples and n

Africa, Guinea/Sierra Leone, Bassa Loma peoples, ca. 1900 CE. A hand-carved wood drum with five high relief abstract visages featured around the body, stylized raised arms or sceptors between these fa

West Africa, Northern Ivory Coast, Dan, ca. early 20th century CE. A finely carved small, personal maskette created by the Dan peoples, used as a talisman for travel by a family member, replete with f

**Originally Listed At $150** West Africa, Ivory Coast/Liberia, ca. early 20th century CE. A carved small, personal maskette created to serve as an amulet by the Dan peoples and neighboring cultures,

Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Woyo People, Kongo Kingdom, ca. 1st half of the 20th century CE. A carved wooden mask representing "Earth Spirits" - among the most important masks of the Woyo re

Africa, Gabon, Fang, Betsi subgroup, ca. early 20th century CE. A finely carved mask depicting a tranquil visage with slatted almond-shaped eyes, arched brows, a prominent nose, and pursed lips on a c

Africa, Mali, Dogon Peoples, ca. first half of the 20th century CE. Large well carved wooden figure of a standing male, although genitalia appears to have been deliberately removed, possibly by a miss

Africa, Cameroon, Bamun, ca. early 20th century CE. An impressive carved wooden chief's stool from the grasslands of Cameroon. Most Bamun visual culture is associated with the important chiefs and kin

West Africa, Yoruba culture, Ibeji, ca. early 20th century. These old and well-cared for examples of deceased male and female twin figures, known as Ibeji, most likely come from Osogbo or the Igbomina

**Originally Listed At $475** West Africa, Cote d'Ivoire, Senufo peoples, ca. first half of the 20th century CE. A fine gathering of 5 hand-carved wooden heddle pulleys with wide bifurcated bodies, st

**Originally Listed At $250** Western Africa, Ivory Coast, Baule peoples, ca. mid-20th century CE. A finely carved wooden female figure created by a Baule artisan of West Africa. The figure stands wit