African Yoruba Gelede Dance Mask - Mid 20th Century

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African Yoruba Gelede Dance Mask - Mid 20th Century (1 of 7)

African Yoruba Gelede Dance Mask - Mid 20th Century Carved and painted wood in the form of a yellow bird on a man's head. Tribally used and danced. Nigeria. Circa 1950 -1970's. Height : 13 1/2” / 34 cm Width : 8" / 20.5 cm Depth (front to back) :

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Large African Yoruba Gelede Helmet Mask w/ Snake, Pigs (1 of 5)

Large African Yoruba Gelede Helmet Mask w/ Snake, Pigs **Originally Listed At $750** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden helmet mask, featuring an anthropomorphic face with a pair of pigs standing atop with

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Early 20th C. African Yoruba Gelede Wooden Helmet Mask (1 of 7)

Early 20th C. African Yoruba Gelede Wooden Helmet Mask **Originally Listed At $200** West Africa, Yoruba peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A fine example of one of the most distinctive forms of West African masks: a helmet Gelede mask, made to be

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Gelede Helmet Mask w/ Female Figure, Yoruba, Nigeria (1 of 11)

Gelede Helmet Mask w/ Female Figure, Yoruba, Nigeria African Tribal Art: Yoruba People, Nigeria: Gelede mask featuring a female figure seated atop the coiffure of a large female head. Mid 20th Century. Carved wood, pigments and paint. The mask comes wit

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Early 20th C. Yoruban Wooden Gelede Mask (1 of 6)

Early 20th C. Yoruban Wooden Gelede Mask **Originally Listed At $250** West Africa, Yoruba peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A monochromatic example of a wooden Gelede mask. The face is exquisitely carved with repeated triangular pa

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20th C. Yoruba Wood Transformational Gelede Mask (1 of 6)

20th C. Yoruba Wood Transformational Gelede Mask **Originally Listed At $200** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. mid 20th century CE. A fine example of one of the most distinctive forms of West African masks. This is a helmet Gelede mask, ma

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Early 20th C. Yoruba Polychrome Wood Gelede Helmet Mask (1 of 5)

Early 20th C. Yoruba Polychrome Wood Gelede Helmet Mask **Originally Listed At $300** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A fine example of a hand-carved wooden helmet mask, featuring an anthropomorphic face with a large

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Yoruba Gelede Wood Belly Mask - ex Arte Primitivo (1 of 4)

Yoruba Gelede Wood Belly Mask - ex Arte Primitivo **First Time At Auction** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba, ca. early to mid-20th century. A hand carved wooden fertility / birthing body mask worn during Gelede celebrations, rendered in the form of a pr

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20th C. Nigeria Yoruba Wooden Ritual Dance Mask (1 of 8)

20th C. Nigeria Yoruba Wooden Ritual Dance Mask West Africa, Nigeria, probably Yoruba peoples, mid to late 20th century CE. A large and colorful hand-carved wood mask designed to be worn atop the head and project high above it - this type of mask i

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African Yoruba Gourd Mask, Ekiti, Nigeria, Early-Mid 20th C. (1 of 5)

African Yoruba Gourd Mask, Ekiti, Nigeria, Early-Mid 20th C.African Yoruba Gourd Mask, Ekiti, Nigeria, Early-Mid 20th C. With plant fiber, pigment. Stand included. Size: 11'' x 8'' x 7.5'' (28 x 20 x 19 cm); height on stand: 14" (36 cm). Provenance: Ex collect

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Early 20th C. African Yoruba Gelede Mask (1 of 2)

Early 20th C. African Yoruba Gelede Mask **Originally Listed At $250** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba, ca. early 20th century CE. A fascinating wooden gelede mask of hemispherical form, enveloped in a dark, mocha-brown pigment. Gazing forth fr

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Ivory Coast Senufo Kepelie Dance Mask (1 of 6)

Ivory Coast Senufo Kepelie Dance Mask Mid-20th Century Senufo Dance Mask with some paint on it. Kepelie masks would dance a funeral of elder women and men, the newly dead that have now joined the ancestors.The Senufo are a large dispersed

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Ivory Coast Senufo Kepelie Dance Mask (1 of 4)

Ivory Coast Senufo Kepelie Dance Mask Mid-20th Century Senufo Dance Mask - Kepelie masks would dance a funeral of elder women and men, the newly dead that have now joined the ancestors.The Senufo are a large dispersed population living pr

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Early 20th C. African Yoruba Wood Gelede Mask (1 of 7)

Early 20th C. African Yoruba Wood Gelede Mask West Africa, Yoruba peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A fine example with nice aged patina - one of the most distinctive forms of West African masks. This is a helmet Gelede mask, made to be worn by

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Cote d'Ivorie Guro or Senufo dance mask (1 of 5)

Cote d'Ivorie Guro or Senufo dance mask Cote d'Ivorie Guro or Senufo dance mask, with signs of some age and use, mid-20th Century, having traces of old Kaolin white in the carved incised eye concavities and the zigzag coiffure line, fine an

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Early 20th C. African Baule Wooden Dance Mask (1 of 6)

Early 20th C. African Baule Wooden Dance Mask Western Africa, Côte d'Ivoire, Baule (Baoule) people, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A beautiful Baule dance mask representing a female, perhaps an ancestor, hand-carved from a lustrous brown wood

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Early 20th C. African Yoruba Gelede Wooden Helmet Mask (1 of 6)

Early 20th C. African Yoruba Gelede Wooden Helmet Mask Western Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A stunning helmet mask, hand-carved from a single piece of wood, with an expressive countenance and vibrant coloration. A flared bot

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20th C. African Yoruba Painted Wood Gelede Mask (1 of 4)

20th C. African Yoruba Painted Wood Gelede Mask **Originally Listed At $600** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba, ca. first half of the 20th century CE. A lovely example of a hand carved wooden Gelede mask that is painted with white, blue, black, red, an

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20th C. African Yoruba Gelede Wood Helmet Mask (1 of 6)

20th C. African Yoruba Gelede Wood Helmet Mask **First Time At Auction** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A tall and finely-detailed carved wooden Gelede mask, hand-painted in red, white, and blue hues. The overall

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20th C. Chokwe Wood Pig Dance Mask w/ Netting (1 of 7)

20th C. Chokwe Wood Pig Dance Mask w/ Netting **Originally Listed At $200** Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Chokwe people, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A nicely-detailed dance mask, carved from a single piece of light-brown har

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Female Dance Mask, Baga People, Guinea (1 of 11)

Female Dance Mask, Baga People, Guinea African Tribal Art: Baga People, Guinea: Tall mask in the form of a woman. Carved wood, mid 20th century. Designed to be held aloft by two lower handles, this mask has finely carved facial features, c

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African Yoruba Gelede Wooden Helmet Mask (1 of 7)

African Yoruba Gelede Wooden Helmet Mask **Originally Listed At $200** Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba, ca. early 20th century CE. A fantastic example of a hand-carved wooden Gelede helmet mask. The face is delightfully delineated with bold features

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African Yoruba Gelede Polychromed Helmet Mask (1 of 5)

African Yoruba Gelede Polychromed Helmet Mask West African, 20th century. A Yoruba Gelede helmet mask with bells and cowrie shells around neck. Approx. h. 23", w. 13, d. 16".

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Gelede helmet mask with birds, Yoruba, 14"h (1 of 3)

Gelede helmet mask with birds, Yoruba, 14"h Gelede helmet mask Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, mid to late 20th century, executed in carved wood with polychrome pigment, having a tall, complex crest with birds and a white face, 14"h x 13"w x 15"d.

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