A Bronze Lakhe Demon Mask Ex Irwin Hersey

A Wonderful antique hammered bronze Demon Mask with aggressive features and classic form. Nepal, Kathmandu valley. The mask measures 10.25 inches tall. Provenance: Ex Irwin Hersey, New York, Ex Robert

Carved wooden helmet dance mask with red,blue and white kaolin clay pigments and an overall charming style. Holo Holo peoples, DRC/ Congo, Africa. The Helmet mask measures 10 x 9 inches. A metal displ

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 carved wooden helmet style mask with exaggerated features and painted pigment spots, as well as seed and natural resin. Tetela / North Western Songye peoples, Congo, Africa. Provenance: Ex Irwin Her

Carved from a single piece of wood with remnants of painted designs and a deep well handled surface suggesting years of field use. Kuba peoples, DRC/ Congo, central Africa. The mask measures 11.25 inc

This is a rare Toma Passport maskette from the border region between Guinea and Liberia, Africa. A Fine Poro society personal mask with original cloth attachment. Provenance: Ex. Irwin Hersey, NYC. 19

A Tall carved wooden dance mask embellished with hammered metal work and traditional comb like finial on the top of the mask. Such masks were typically danced at agricultural festivals. Bamana / Bamba

A carved wooden dance mask with blackened mineral pigments and accented designs with white kaolin clay pigment. The mask has a soft well handled surface suggesting many years of ceremonial use. Igbo p

A Lovely small carved wooden mask with delicate facial features and a deep well handled surface patina, suggesting years of field use. Such masks were often attached to costumes which were placed atop

A Very rare and unusual carved wooden dance crest with a highly stylized form, face and embellished with a human hair mustache. A rare find from the Mambila peoples, Nigeria, Africa. The mask measures

A rare pair of carved wooden miniature mask diviner’s pendant masks, worn as part of the diviners magic regalia. The masks measure 8.5 inches ( tallest) and 6 inches. Provenance:Ex. Irwin Herse

This rare pipe is a excellent example of the style, classically represents a stylized character, the abdomen swollen by the obliquely cut bowl, The round head, enlarged by the hemispherical ears, offe

A very Fine early 20th century carved wooden male sculpture with stylized torso and dramatic facial features. The figure has a well handled surface patina suggesting good age. Azande peoples, Congo, c

A Rare Ovimbundu Staff Ex Sotheby's, Ex Irwin Hersey.A carved wooden colonial era staff with a honey colored surface patina and featuring an anthropomorphic figure in colonial garb.Ovimbundu peoples,

A Very rare carved wooden staff with a ancestor face, carved designs and a deep well handled surface patina suggesting many years of field use. The staff measures 30.5 inches tall. Azande / Zande peop

A Fine carved wooden sculpture with highly stylized and elongated features and a undeniable well handled surface patina. Luba / Kalanga peoples, DRC/ Congo, Africa. The sculpture measures 8.75 inches

A very fine and rare 18-19th? century painted wooden panel, most likely part of an Orthodox Church decoration from Ethiopia. The Wooden panel features three serate religious stories and classic Ethiop

A fine carved wooden divination bowl bearer female couple or Mboko, with two finely carved females shown seated across from one another and holding the diviners bowl. The two females both have serene

Solid and heavy patinated bronze demonic devil mask face coffee table cigarette cigar ashtray bowl. Measures 2 3/4" in height x 5" in length x 5 3/4" wide. No apparent markings. Dimensions: 2.75 X 5.7

A Carved wooden male shrine idol with large classic half open heavy lidded eyes set into large round forms and traditional facial features, diminutive mouth, with overall a deep well handled surface p

A cast bronze Mask from West Africa, Mali,and the Malinke or Bamana peoples. With an elongated, ovoid face, downcast, narrow eyes, a long nose, and a small, projecting mouth. Two rounded ears project

A very finely carved wooden staff or cane with a ancestor figure on top with kifwebe society like features and deep well handled surface patina. Songye peoples, DRC/ Congo, central Africa. The Staff m

A carved wooden flat face mask that was once part of a larger helmet mask, painted with linear designs and organic earthen pigments. Kuba peoples , Congo, Africa. Provenance: Ex Irwin Cemic collection

Carved wooden mask with painted features, signs of ritual use. Newari peoples, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. The mask dates to the 1930-40's. The "lakhe" dance is one of the most popular dances of Nepal. A