A Fine Old Igbo Mask Ex Irwin Hersey Collection, NY

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 dramatic carved wooden parade mask with raised scar designs and painted with black and white pigments. Idoma Peoples, Nigeria, Africa. The mask measures 14 inches tall ( 21 inches tall on profession

A Tall and elaborate carved wooden helmet mask with stylized leopards, ancestors and large mirror on top. Igbo peoples, Nigeria, West Africa. The mask measures 24 inches tall. A metal display stand ca

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

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 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

A carved wood and painted red dance mask with a highly stylized face and remains of wooden collar, now decayed and eroded away. The Long classic face accented with reddish organic / mineral pigments a

Elegant old carved wooden ceremonial mask with anthropomorphic central finial and classic facial style and design. Senufo peoples, Ivory Coast, West Africa. Among the Senufo families owned and wore su

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

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 carved wooden diminutive mask with kaolin clay pigments accenting the eyes and a well handled and worn surface. Dan peoples, Ivory Coast, West Africa. The mask itself measures 6.5 inches tall ( 10.5

A carved wooden dance mask in classic style, heavy kaolin clay pigments, scar designs carved in relief, tall central crest coiffure and well handled edges. Such masks were worn by male performers of a

A carved wood and painted red dance mask with a highly stylized face and remains of wooden collar, now decayed and eroded away. Baule peoples, Ivory Coast. The mask measures 14 x 6 inches. ( 36 inches

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 fine old carved wooden mask in a zoomorphic form known as Zamble, a mythical male being whose form fuses antelope and leopard features. Such representations are owned by certain families that use th

A carved wooden face mask with stylized form and tribal designs, swept back horns and an undeniable well handled and worn surface patina suggesting great age and field use. A metal display stand can b

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

Elongated carved wooden dance mask with incised linear designs, and covered in hammered bronze sheet, embellished with textile adornment. Marka / malinke peoples, Mali, Africa. The mask measures 16.5

A carved wooden dance mask with a kind of plank or ritual tray with 4 egg like forms, also embellished with serpent images. Such a mask would have been used by the Do association of the West African L

A carved wooden face mask with red,blue, white and black mineral pigments painted on the face, signs of field use and wear over many years. Bini peoples, Ekpo society, Nigeria, Africa. The Mask measur

A carved wooden dance mask in classic style, weathered kaolin clay pigments, tall central crest coiffure and well handled edges. Such masks were worn by male performers of a stilt dance called "mukudj

A very finely carved wooden helmet mask with realistic painted face and painted designs, embellished with real human hair atop a stylized "elvis" coiffure. Idoma peoples, Nigeria, Africa. The mask mea

A carved wooden helmet mask adorned with copper sheet, animal hide and embellished with numerous glass beads and textiles. The Bwoom mask was worn at boys initiations where it would represent the natu