A Fine Old Kuba Tukula Powder Box

A Carved wooden crescent shaped lidded container with a fine mask like face with arched brows and ornate incised tribal motifs. Kuba peoples, DRC/Congo, Africa. The Box measures 9 inches. provenance:

A Finely carved box with tight fitted lid and featuring raised and incised designs. Boxes such as these were for storing tukula, a reddish powder made from the bark of a tree. It was used for body and

A carved wooden lidded container with intricate kuba motifs and a most sensational form. Kuba peoples, Congo , Africa. The Box has a wonderful abstract form and measures 13 x 7 inches.

A carved wooden box with fitted lid in the form of a mask face with elaborate carved details. Boxes such as these were for storing tukula--a reddish powder made from the bark of a tree. It was traditi

A very fine and handsome old lidded box or Kutula powder container from the Kuba peoples of the Congo, central Africa. The Container in a semi circular form with fitted lid and wonderful geometric inc

A Lovely hand carved wooden lidded container in crescent shape with ornate geometric designs and a charming ancestor face. Kuba peoples, Congo, Africa. The container measures 9.5 inches wide x 3 inche

RUBA CARVED WOOD CAMWOOD POWDER BOX - Made by Kuba Tribe in Congo; Used for camwood powder ; Condition - Good condition, dark patina, sold old damage to top ; Measures: 2.5"H x 4.75"W x 10.75"D ; Esti

Elongated carved wood Kuba cosmetic box with lizard figure in relief in the middle, geometric textile relief design on sides and top. Finish is a red tukula powder finish. Provenance Christie's Catalo

Ca. early to mid 20thC. Very good, with shown crack. Cosmetic storage box, crescent form; elaborate incised geometric detail; crescent shape on lid; encrusted with tukula powder. Purchased Galerie 62

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

A very finely carved wooden mask with attached headdress and wonderfully painted geometric designs throughout. This mask represented a wise older man at boys’ initiations. One of the principal Kuba

A highly stylized mask with curled horns and large flattened nose. Carved from a hard wood and painted with geometric tribal motifs. This mask type, called "Pwoom Itok" or "Ishen Maal" is occasionally

A carved wooden face mask with dark painted geometric designs and stylized horns around the eyes. The mask is adorned with a raffia grass headdress and crown of feathers. Kuba peoples, DRC/Congo, cent

A Carved wooden mask that represented a wise older man at boys initiations known as "Pwoom itok". The chief identifying characteristic is the shape of the eyes, whose centers are cones surrounded by h

Wood, ancient brown patina. Kuba, D.R. of Congo. 18,5x16x29cm. Provenance : Private collection, ex collection of Jean and Claudine Thouvenin, Nancy, France.

Carved wooden helmet mask with dramatic bulging forehead accented with shells, beads and metal work. A bold and powerful example of the style. During a dance performance, the bwoom mask introduces an

A carved wooden ceremonial dance mask with carved and painted incised linear designs as well as painted geometric motifs, well handled and weathered surface suggesting good age and field use. The mask

This is a very fine old wood sculpture of an important chieftain of Kuba kingdom. The figure is carved from a dense heavy wood with ornate designs and a proud stance. Kuba peoples, Congo, Africa. The

Fine Old Kuba Raffia Textile, DRC, Early 20th C. Size: 38'' x 139'' (97 x 353 cm). Provenance: Maryanne Conheim, Philadelphia.

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

A Carved wooden mask with polychrome pigments and attached raffia grass and rattan fiber headdress. This mask may have represented a wise older man at boys’ initiations. One of the principal Ku

A carved wooden Kuba portrait cup with incised and raised designs, openwork handle and a well handled surface patina. Kuba peoples, DRC/ Congo, central Africa. The cup measures 7.25 inches tall. Prove

A carved wooden Musical instrument with incised linear designs, a carved wooden Hand on the handle and goat skin drum head pegged onto the drum to act as the membrane. A well used instrument, the head

3 Vintage African Kuba Tukula Powder Containers. Sizes: 1) 1.75'' x 8'' x 2.75'' (4 x 20 x 7 cm); 2) 2.5'' x 11'' x 5'' (6 x 28 x 13 cm); 3) 2.5'' x 12.75'' x 5'' (6 x 32 x 13 cm). Note: There Are No