A Monumental Igbo Dance Crest

A very tall carved wooden and painted parade head or bust carried in processions that relate to ancestor worship. Igbo peoples, Nigeria, Africa. The sculpture has been custom mounted to a durable meta

A very tall carved wooden dance crest with a dramatic stylized face and a wooden raised crest. remnants of woven grass costume fragments still remain suggesting the head crest was danced at village ce

Carved wooden dance crest or cap with 11 avian like appendages and a central ancestor head, painted with kaolin clay pigments and still has attached textiles from the original costume. Igbo peoples, N

A Carved wooden headdress featuring a stylized ancestor with tall swept back horns and facial scar designs and basketry type mount for wearing. Igbo or related group, Cross River region, Nigeria, Afri

A Carved wooden head crest used in ceremonial dance, with painted ancestor face and stylized form. Igbo peoples, Nigeria, Africa. The Dance Crest measures 16 x 5 inches. Provenance: The William Wright

A carved wooden dance crest actually worn on top of the head with two classic Igbo style faces and a wonderful janus avian finial, natural pigments and overall well handled and worn surface. Igbo peop

A carved wooden dance crest painted with kaolin clay pigments and a highly stylized mask like face and traditional form. Igbo peoples, Nigeria. The sculpture measures 14.5 inches tall. Provenance: The

wood, metal, plant fibre, The mask is a symbol for youth, health and vitality. The young men sing the praises of the mask, comparing it to gold and silver. Gold is as precious as youth, and life turns

A Very Rare Old carved wooden Cross River dance crest with stylized female form, ornate decorative appendages and areas of weathered organic pigments. The dance crest measures 23 x 16 inches on its cu

A fine Bamana Chiwara Dance crest , Bamana ; MaliOf classical form the vertically oriented male antelope head-dress with squared cubistic body the neck and mane carved as concentric open work bands wi

A carved wooden cap crest with a wonderful stylized ancestor face, raised linear designs and painted with kaolin clay pigments, inset mirror eyes and a deep well handled surface indicating good age an

A Primitive and archaic carved wooden dance crest with stylized spikey coiffure and classic facial features, weathered and worn surface suggests great age. Mambila peoples, Nigeria, Africa. Provenance

A very energetically carved wooden crest with two faces, accented with kaolin clay pigments, raised linear designs, stylized coiffure. Traditionally this female dance crest was danced opposite of aggr

A highly stylized carved wooden dance crest in the form of two antelopes, with wonderful openwork design and well handled surface. The Headdress measures 14.5 x 11 inches on a simple wooden base. Bama

A carved wooden janus dance crest with stylized human skull atop and two anthropomorphic faces rendered in classic style with a well handled honey colored patina. The Crest measures 14 inches tall. 16

wood, wrapped in animal skin, with separate carved limbs, rising from small disc-shaped wickerwork base, coiffure from real hair, min. dam., small missing parts, base; "tukum" dance crests have entert

A very old and well handled antelope dance crest or mask with a deep well handled surface patina, tall elegant horns and elongated face and form. Bamana peoples, Mali, West Africa. The Mask measures 2

West African Chi-Wara dance crest, depicting a vertical antelope head, from the Segou area, Mali, Bamana people, signs of age and use, 25"h

A very finely carved wooden crest accented with kaolin clay pigments, raised linear designs, stylized coiffure a lovely smile and eyes shown shut in a wonderful peaceful facial expression. Traditional

A carved wood and basketry style headdress adorned with human hair covering the entire surface, human hair "dreadlocks", seeds and beads and a carved wooden Bushcow top finial. Bamum or related ethnic

Antique African Budja Dance Crest, DRC. Carved wood and plant fiber. Stand not included. Size: 24'' x 14'' x 8'' (61 x 36 x 20 cm). Ex. Cathryn Cootner Estate Collection, Sonoma, CA.

A Tall slender carved wooden crest with ancestor face, protruding eyes and swept back stylized ears or horns , note the geometric painted area on the back of the headdress. This is not a typical style

A Tall carved wooden female effigy with incised and raised scar designs, large semi circular ears, facial scars and mineral pigments. The alusi are housed in shrines or ceremonial compounds where they

African Igbo Dance Costume Outfit, 20th C. Provenance: James Willis Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Sizes: 1) 24'' x 60'' (61 x 152 cm); 2) 16'' x 34'' (41 x 86 cm). Ex. Cathryn Cootner Estate Collection,