African Wood Intricately Carved White Face Mask

Not much is known about this mask or where it comes from. Very intricately carved with tall headdress. 17.5 h x 4 w x 6 d LCP ID 5

Item/Description: Decorative Punu Gabon style hand carved wood mask. Intricately hand carved mask African mask features ornate headdress with rope and shell embellishments, painted white face, evoking

A carved wood African mask with white pigmented face, prominent nose and lips and a single hole burnt through the upper margin. 12" tall.

2 paint decorated African masks, carved wood, faces are white, each masks has bird headpiece, 17" tall

Africa, Gabon Fang Square face mask, white pigment on black. Size 21 1/4 inches high. 7 1/2 inches wide. Carved wood Square face mask, white pigment on black. Provenance: Private Washington DC collect

Face Mask, Baule Tribe, Ivory Coast. Intricately carved of dark wood with a dark brown finish worn with age and polished to brilliant reflection. Face may be that of a dignitary used in Mblo celebrati

Face Mask, Baule Tribe, Ivory Coast. Intricately carved of dark wood with a black finish worn with age. Face may be an idealized female used in Mblo celebrations, with scarifications on for

A traditional African hand carved tribal mask from Gabon depicting an oval white face with coiffures and slit eyes and representing the spirit of an ancestor from the after life and were often used by

BAULE, IVORY COAST, AFRICAN POLYCHROME CARVED WOOD MASK H 16.5" W 11" D 6" Goli culture. with black and white face paint, circular head. Custom made metal stand and plinth. Provenance: Estate of Jack

20th century, Nigeria, carved wood, white chalk face, elaborate hairstyle, mounted on stand. This lot to be sold on day 2, Thursday, October 4 (Lots 949-2020) 22 in. (mask) From the Complete and Impo

Ca. early to mid 20thC. Very good with age-appropriate wear, including wood losses as shown. Features a domed forehead with crest, flat beard, black and white pigment. Democratic Republic of Congo. Th

Two Gabon Punu Ancestor Spirit MasksTwo Gabon Punu carved wood ancestor spirit masks: each with elegant features, forehead sacrifition and double coiffures, one with white-wash face (typical splits);

African carved wood helmet mask, Igbo Peoples, Nigeria, Agbogho Mmwo (Maiden Spirit) form, having elaborately carved hairstyle, face with white pigment representing the afterlife, scarification symbol

African Congo tribal mask, carved wood, fabric & cowrie shells, red, black & white painted face, 17" h x 15-1/2" w

Lega, Democratic Republic Of The Congo, African Polychrome Carved Wood Mask, H 9" W 7" | Featuring The Heart Shaped Face Characteristic With White Pigment.Private Collection, Bloomfield Township, Mich

Baule carved and pigmented double mask, Ivory Coast, carved wood with two faces, white pigment, 12"l x 7"w x 5"d Provenance: Estate of Distinguished Professor Philip Gould, NYC

A large exaggerated face mask carved from wood and painted with white, red, black and blue mineral pigments. We or Guere peoples, Liberia, Africa. The mask measures 14.5 x 10 inches ( 18.5 inches on p

An African Gabon Punu Mukudj funerary female mask (20th Century) carved wood, kaolin white pigment depicting a white painted face with pursed lips, semi circle curved eyes, high forehead, and rigid ma

African Congo/Gabon Teke (Bateke, M'Teke) Kidumu Ceremonial Mask, carved wood, red and white natural pigments depicting flattened, moon-shaped abstract human face decorated with geometric motifs, bise

African carved wood "Kidumu" mask, Teke-Tsaye peoples, Democratic Republic of the Congo, disc-shaped face, divided by a horizontal stripe, decorated with white and red pigments, approx 19.75"h, 17.75"

A Fascinating old carved wood and plant fiber dance mask from the Kukunda Initiation rites of the Yaka peoples. The mask was created with a wooden face, painted white and orange and decorated with a h

West Africa, Dogon Kanaga Maskcarved wood, plank for with beak face and two crossbars; allover white paint with blue accents. 39 x 22 in. From the Estate of the late Joseph D. Rowand, Chapel Hill, Nor

African painted carved Kwele mask, ex-museum, 20th c., Gabon, heart shaped wood face mask with white clay pigment, representing a "peaceful spirit", 13.5"h x 11"w Provenance: Deaccessioned works benef

An African Gabon Punu Mukudj funerary female mask (20th Century) carved wood, kaolin white pigment depicting what once was a white painted face with pursed lips, protruding, semi circle, curved eyes,