A Rare TIV Kwagh Hir festival African mask

A striking old and field used Tiv Kwagh Hir festival mask with bulging eyes, toothy grimace, attached animal hair and several areas of tribal repairs and adornment. Tiv peoples, Nigeria, Africa. The m

A Very large carved wooden helmet mask depicting a deformed face with abstract facial features and form. An old metal strip in nailed to one side to repair a stress fracture. The mask is quite large a

This mask is quite an uncommon example from the Kwagh-Hir masquerade of the Tiv people, Nigeria, Africa. Carved wood with a highly stylized human face, accented with a bright green paint and with the

This is a remarkable old Tiv Kwagh-hir helmet mask - Kwagh-hir performance mask, with realistic facial features and a well weathered and worn surface suggesting years of traditional use as a festival

A small carved wooden maskette, likely part of a marionette display for the Kwagh-hir festival, which is a multipart culturally edifying art form of the Tiv people of central Nigeria which became popu

This is a remarkable old Tiv Kwagh-hir helmet mask - Kwagh-hir performance mask, with realistic facial features and a well weathered and worn surface suggesting years of traditional use as a festival

A carved wooden ceremonial dance mask with a highly exaggerated form and purple paint. Tiv peoples, Nigeria , most likely part of the Kwagh-Hir festival. A metal display stand can be included for an a

A very well used and weathered helmet style mask with exaggerated face and energetic aesthetic. Tiv peoples, Nigeria, Africa. A metal display stand can be included for an additional $35.00

This mask is quite an uncommon example from the festivals/ masquerades of the Tiv people, Nigeria, Africa. Carved wood with a highly stylized human face, accented with a bright paint and with the addi

A large carved wood and painted helmet with exaggerated facial features and wonderful dramatic style of a Kwag Hir festival mask. The Tiv began the Kwag-hir ceremony to address many of the traditional

This is a very rare style of Wooden mask from the Tiv peoples of Nigeria Africa.Carved wood face mask with incised linear designs , tribal tattoos and some obvious age and wear. I do not see masks fro

A Very rare old wooden mask from the Baule peoples, Cote De Ivorie, West Africa. Carved wood with a large round geometric face and classic carving style, the tall antelope horns and cubistic like faci

This is an old and field used carved wooden mask from the Pende peoples of the Congo, central Africa.A Rare "Mbuyu" mask with with wonderfully exaggerated facial features, skillfully woven grass headd

Height: 20.25" Width: 6.5" Depth: 4.25" Weight: 1.5 lbs An interesting Tiv mask featuring a human figure superstructure with a snake wrapped around its body. Stand is not included.

This is a very old and well used Tiv peoples mask, Possibly part of the Kwagh-Fir festivities or perhaps a personal shrine or home mask, from Nigeria, Africa. This heavily weathered and well handled m

A carved wooden dance mask with raised linear designs and tall carved horns, well handled surface. Masks of this type are used in masquerades performed at festivals to honor Urhobo water spirits that

This is an old hand carved wooden mask from the Biombo Peoples, Congo / DRC , Africa. Masks of this type are known as "Tshimwana" which were used during Initiation festivals. The mask was decorated wi

This is a very old and well used Igala peoples festival mask or headdress, Nigeria, Africa. This heavily weathered and field used mask features traditional ceremonial scars and a diminutive face, with

Congo; Antique. Mask carved from a cranium with feather attachments and cloth and hair at top. Deeply carved chevron pattern to cheeks. Custom glass display case. Very old French label to reverse side

A Monumental Yoruba Epa Festival African Mask. Very large carved wooden helmet style mask with an ornate horse and rider, and multiple ancestral images, all accented with red and green pigments. Yorub

A Very unusual carved wooden mask from the Nuna peoples, Burkina Faso, West Africa. This mask features a wonderful image of a Chameleon lizard crawling down the front of a very energetic face mask, pa

A very rare old dagger from the Tiv peoples of Nigeria, with a hammered brass and wooden handle with openwork designs, and a forged iron blade. The Knife measures 16 inches long. Provenance: Dr Noble

A well weathered and worn mask with traditional open work eyes and a very unusual illness represented , a large goiter. According to research when such a mask was danced it was during entertainment at

** A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this lot will benefit The Fowler Museum at UCLA **Mexico, ca. 1940. Rare festival mask of carved wood painted pink, red, gold, white and brown. The obvio