Sold201620th C. Yoruba Gelede Painted Wood HeaddressAfrica, Yoruba Culture, Nigeria, western Africa, ca. 1940 to 1950. Wonderfully vibrant and striking wooden headdress! Carved in 2 pieces with almost life-sized head of a male, hair pulled to one sideSee Sold Price
Sold201720th C. Yoruba Gelede Painted Wood Headdress**Originally Listed At $350** Africa, Yoruba Culture, Nigeria, western Africa, ca. 1940 to 1950. Wonderfully vibrant and striking wooden headdress! Carved in 2 pieces with almost life-sized head of aSee Sold Price
Sold202120th C. African Yoruba Painted Wood Gelede Mask**Originally Listed At $600** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba, ca. first half of the 20th century CE. A lovely example of a hand carved wooden Gelede mask that is painted with white, blue, black, red, anSee Sold Price
Sold201820th C. African Yoruba Gelede Wood Helmet Mask**First Time At Auction** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A tall and finely-detailed carved wooden Gelede mask, hand-painted in red, white, and blue hues. The overallSee Sold Price
Sold2015Gelede society headdress with red face, 20th c.A carved wood and polychrome Gelede society headdress with red faced head. Nigeria, Yoruba, 20th century. 17"h x 12"w. Provenance: Patrick J. Lusk CollectionSee Sold Price
Sold2018Mid 20th C. African Yoruban Wood Egungun Mask**Originally Listed At $200** Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba, ca. mid 20th century CE. A hand-carved and painted Egungun headdress depicting a bearded visage with very high pointed rabbit-like ears. EgungunSee Sold Price
Sold2019Mid 20th C. African Yoruban Wood Egungun Mask**Originally Listed At $200** Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba, ca. mid 20th century CE. A hand-carved and painted Egungun headdress depicting a bearded visage with very high pointed rabbit-like ears. EgungunSee Sold Price
Sold2017Early 20th C. Yoruba Painted Wood Figure of Priest**Originally Listed At $300** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. The Yoruba use wood to carve figures of people they see in their everyday lives. After the arrival of theSee Sold Price
Sold201820th C. African Yoruba Wood Headdress - BirdAfrica, Nigeria, Yoruba Culture, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A wonderfully vibrant and striking wooden headdress skillfully carved to depict a beautiful bird in the round with incised plumage anSee Sold Price
Sold2017Early 20th C. African Yoruba Wood Gelede MaskWest Africa, Yoruba peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A fine example with nice aged patina - one of the most distinctive forms of West African masks. This is a helmet Gelede mask, made to be worn bySee Sold Price
Sold2021Early 20th C. Yoruba Polychrome Wood Gelede Helmet Mask**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 largeSee Sold Price
Sold201820th C. Yoruba Wood Transformational Gelede Mask**Originally Listed At $200** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. mid 20th century CE. A fine example of one of the most distinctive forms of West African masks. This is a helmet Gelede mask, maSee Sold Price
Sold2016Yoruba Gelede society headdress, 20th c.A Gelede society headdress. Nigera, Yoruba. 20th century. 7"h x 8"w x 11"d. Provenance: Inventory and Collection from the Estate of Merton D. Simpson. Catalog Notes: "Masks like this are worn by men iSee Sold Price
Sold2016Early 20th C. Yoruba Gelede Mask, Birdcage HeadressAfrica, Nigeria or Benin, Yoruba, ca. early 20th century CE. A skillfully carved and meticulously painted Gelede helmet mask composed of two parts - the expressive mask, here an abstract male face witSee Sold Price
Sold201719th C. Yoruba Painted Wood Helmet Mask**Originally Listed At $600** West Africa, Yoruba peoples, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A fine example with nice aged patina of one of the most distinctive forms of West African masks. This is aSee Sold Price
Sold2018Early 20th C. African Yoruba Gelede Wooden Helmet MaskWestern Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A stunning helmet mask, hand-carved from a single piece of wood, with an expressive countenance and vibrant coloration. A flared botSee Sold Price
Sold2022Early 20th C. Nigerian Yoruba Wood Bust w/ EgungunWest Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A lovely hand carved wooden figural bust of a face topped by a large, hooked coiffure or headdress shaped like an axe blade. A tSee Sold Price
Sold201720th C. Yoruba Articulated Female Colonial FigureAfrica, Yoruba, mid to late 20th century CE. An articulated, painted, carved wood doll depicting a topless female with a classic Yoruba face with wide-open large eyes, scarification marks on the cheekSee Sold Price
Sold2023A Karumba "Adone" painted wood antelope headdress/maskA Karumba "Adone" painted wood antelope headdress/maskMid-20th century; Karumba Peoples, Burkina Faso, AfricaPaper label affixed to the Lucite stand: Acquired on 7/15/81 from Museum of AfricSee Sold Price
Sold2017Gelede society headdres, Yoruba style. c.20th cen.A Gelede society headdress Nigeria, Yoruba. c.20th century Inventory and Collection from the Estate of Merton D. Simpson.See Sold Price
Sold2021A Yoruba Wood Gelede Mask Height 21 inches (53 cm).A Yoruba Wood Gelede Mask Nigeria, Circa 19th-20th Century A.D. Height 21 inches (53 cm). Property from the Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, California, Sold to Support the Care of Collections aSee Sold Price
Sold2021An African Yoruba Carved and Painted Wood Seated MotherAn African Yoruba Carved and Painted Wood Seated Mother Nursing Her Child, 20th Century. H: 18 W: 9 D: 12 in. Collection of Al Bright. Alfred L. Bright, (American, 1940 -2019), aka Al Bright, was a weSee Sold Price
Sold2022Old Carved Painted Wood Yoruba Male Priest Statue2nd-3rd quarter 20thC. Standing male with left hand holding face staff. Has some wood erosion and beetle holes (not active), with a repaired left arm and hand. Holes drilled through feet show possibleSee Sold Price
Sold2016Gelede society headdressA Gelede society headdress. Nigeria, Yoruba. First half 20th century. Approx. 12 1/2"h x 13"w x 13"d. Provenance: Inventory and Collection from the Estate of Merton D. Simpson. Catalog Notes: "Masks lSee Sold Price
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