20th C. Nigeria Ogoni Wood Dance Mask with Face Crown

**Originally Listed At $300** Africa, Nigeria, Ogoni peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. This Ogoni mask is very different from the others in our collection. Made of hand carved wood (probably cane wo

Nigeria, Ogoni peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. This mask has amazing hair! Hand carved wood face (probably cane wood) with painted details in the classic Ogoni style: dark lips, eye outlines, hair

**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,

Africa, Nigeria, Ogoni peoples, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. This is a fun example of one of the Ogoni "elu" (spirit) masks, which are cane wood masks with white-painted faces, narrow eyes, promi

Africa, Southeastern Nigeria, Ogoni, ca. early 20th century CE. A finely carved painted wood mask of the Ogoni culture who are known for their human faced masks with hinged, articulated jaws as we see

Africa, Nigeria, Ogoni peoples, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. This is a fun example of one of the Ogoni "elu" (spirit) masks,cane wood masks with white-painted faces, narrow eyes, prominent noses

**Originally Listed At $300** West Africa, Southeastern Nigeria, Ogoni peoples, ca. mid-20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden mask depicting a highly stylized female countenance. The face presents wit

Africa, Nigeria, Ogoni Tribe, ca. first quarter 20th century CE. A very rare mask with articulated mouth, curls to each side, hair tied atop in series of "spikes," face painted in rare yellow pigments

Africa, Nigeria, Ogoni, ca. 1950 CE. A hand-carved and painted face mask featuring a dramatic human face with a tri-lobed, somewhat horn-like coiffure, a tall projection (perhaps a reference to the ya

**Originally Listed At $150** Western Africa, Nigeria, Ibibio peoples, ca. mid 20th century CE. An expressive, hand-carved wooden dance mask depicting an attractive face with exaggerated features and

**Originally Listed At $150** Western Africa, Nigeria, Ibibio peoples, ca. mid 20th century CE. An expressive, hand-carved wooden dance mask depicting an attractive face with exaggerated features and

Carved wood, featuring a Crown form related to Buddhism, with several smaller faces. Nepal. Early to Mid 20th century. Collected in the 1960/70's, from a private Mid-west collection. Measures 14.5 inc

A group of two face masks. ++ A helmet mask, Cameroon, Cameroon Grasslands style. 20th century. ++ A painted face mask, Nigeria, Ogoni. 20th century. Provenance: The Inventory and Collection from the

An Ibibio Wood Dance Mask Southern Nigeria, Circa 20th Century A.D. Height 12 inches (30 cm). Property from the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida

20th c Mumuye people (Nigeria/Cameroon)Dance Mask wood, Fibre and polychrome minor losses and age check. 30 x 9 x 9"

Group of two face masks. ++ A carved wood face mask, Nigeria, Ibibio. 20th century. 13 1/4" x 11" x 5". ++ A face mask, Nigeria, Igbo style. 20th century. 23 1/2" x 17" x 6". Provenance: The Inventory

Ibibio Mfon Ekpo ritual face mask, 19th/20th c., Nigeria, carved wood with dark patina surface, remnants of woven grass headdress, accompanied by gallery letter/invoice, 13"h x 8"w x 6"d Provenance: A

Cameroons Carved Wood Dance Mask, 20th C, with bulbous face and surmounted by a feline (LUCE8238)300(LUCE8238) Measurements: 15 Dia. Condition: Condition commensurate with age and use.

**Originally Listed At $300** Latin America, Mexico, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A pair of masks in the form of male faces skillfully hand-carved from wood and painted black. Both male faces hav

Ogoni Painted Wood Articulated Mask, Nigeria, early 20th century mask professionally mounted (MST284)(MS) Dimensions: 8.75" H, overall 12" H Property from a private collection, Scarsdale, NY.

**Originally Listed At $150** West Africa, Nigeria, Ogoni peoples, ca. 20th century CE. A striking example of a mask hand-carved from cane wood. This particular example has narrow eyes, a prominent no

**Originally Listed At $150** West Africa, Southeastern Nigeria, Ogoni, ca. mid 20th century CE. A finely carved, painted wood mask of the Ogoni culture, which is known for human-faced masks with hing

20th century; the first: a Salampasu mask of wood, ratan, and copper plates; the second: an Owo face mask, Nigeria, carved wood with some polychrome. This lot to be sold on day 1, Wednesday, October

Nigeria, Ogoni people, ca. early 20th century CE. This is a very intriguing cane wood mask from the Ogoni people, made to be worn atop the head, in the form of a transformative human/bird figure. The