A Dan Bassa Mask Ex Marshall Mount

A carved wooden mask with classic Bassa style features, cornrow style hair, and a deep well handled patina. The Mask appears to be a House mask as there are no eye holes carved through. Bassa ethnic g

A carved wooden mask with encrusted surface heavily patinated with organic substances. The Mask was worn by a man of the AWA society, acting as an aggressive "Hunter" during dancers who would stalk th

A striking carved wooden parade mask with seated ancestor as top finial and elaborate and detailed carved designs and tribal motifs, embellished with small bits of mirror and black pigments, raffia gr

A carved wood and highly stylized diminutive face mask with brightly painted designs accented with mineral pigments. The Back of the mask has some basketry work. Afikpo Igbo are typically small and na

A wonderfully exaggerated old carved wooden festival dance mask with a classic face and a unusual headdress finial, that appears to be a large Book like form atop a central post. The mask shows cler f

A carved wooden ceremonial mask rendered in a highly stylized zoomorphic form and decorated with black pigment. The mask has a well handled surface and measures 15 x 10 inches. A metal display stand c

A carved wood flat disc shaped mask painted with kaolin clay pigments and featuring classic heart shaped facial features for a Bwami society mask, along with attached raffia grass bead, old woven gras

A very finely carved old wooden mask from the Bassa ethnic group, with highly stylized curved face, cornrow coiffure and incised designs, Bassa people from the Dan complex of Tribes, Liberia, Africa.E

A carved wooden helmet style mask featuring a well carved coiffure, raised jagged crest and large eyes painted with white kaolin clay pigments and red mineral paints. An older field used example. Yoru

A carved wooden mask with a wonderfully exaggerated and elongated form, stylized coiffure and a deep well handled surface patina suggesting years of field use. Bassa Ethnic group within the Dan Comple

A rare old hand carved wooden dance mask with stylized facial features and classic treatment to the coiffure and overall form. The mask itself measures 12 x 7.5 inches, with textiles around the mask e

A carved wooden miniature mask with stylized coiffure , well handled surface and classic features like the concave face and scalloped edges of the Bassa masking tradition among the Dan complex of Trib

A classic carved wooden helmet style mask with openwork designs on top, large flat hat like feature with many well worn holes on top, perhaps to hold feathers and other regalia, accented with kaolin c

Ivory Coast. Bi-planar symmetrical oval mask with pointed chin, small pursed lips, squinted eyes and ridged coiffure. Brown worn aged patina. Size: 2-1/8 inches Height. Provenance: Ex New Bedford MA C

A very finely carved wooden face mask with a glossy polished surface patina and a deep well handled patina. The mask has wide open eyes and evidence it once had metal accents. The mask will include a

A very nice old Bamileke Sword in sheath, forged steel blade, well worn wooden handle, wooden sheath embellished with animal hid and textile attachment belt. Bamileke peoples, Cameroon, West Africa. T

A very nice old Bamileke Sword in sheath, forged steel blade, well worn wooden handle, wooden sheath embellished with cowrie shells and textile attachment belt. Bamileke peoples, Cameroon, West Africa

A carved wood and painted "Uden Nyama" or fatting house doll from the cross river region of Nigeria, West Africa. This lovely wooden doll was given to young unwed girl at the time of entering the Ibib

A very unusual carved wood and textile effigy with painted spots and cowrie shell eyes. These works and the ritual practice in which they are used are both known as kafigeledjo which translates as he

A carved wood and painted zoomorphic mask with long nose and flat snout and long carved wood fangs , perhaps representing a wild boar. The mask is heavy weathered and eroded, held together with tribal

A Large beaded bag with strap and the faces of Eshu which indicates use by a Diviner. Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Africa. The main body of the bag when closed measures 13 x 12 inches, not counting the st

A carved stone effigy with raised and incised coiffure, incised facial scars, large ears and flared snout, arms to the abdomen, with a well handled surface. The sculpture measures 8.75 inches tall , 1

Old and fragmented couple shown in what appear to be derby hats and shown seated on stools which are worn away. The set measures 9.25 x 5.25 inches and are in fair to fragile condition, the set does n

A carved wooden Dan mask with protruding cylindrical eyes, attached lower jaw and embellished with beads and textiles. Dan peoples, Ivory Coast or Liberia, West Africa. The mask measures 12 x 7 x 5 in