ANTIQUE WEST AFRICAN NIGERIAN YORUBA ANCESTOR MASK

A rare early 20th century West African Nigerian Yoruba painted and crafted wood ancestors mask. The mask has wide open eyes, big lips, and a nose, and decorated with a big helmet on the top. The creat

A West African Nigerian Benin mask made of hand painted wood and representing the head of a leopard. Most of the mask is painted in black with white dots and has a smiling toothy mouth. The central pa

West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A very nice example of a hand-carved mask with a conical, incised coiffure, almond-shaped eyes underneath large, projecting eyel

African Yoruba Egungun Mask, Nigeria. Carved wood,pigment, fabric. Used in performances in reverence to an ancestor. Size: 10'' x 6.5'' x 7.5'' (25 x 17 x 19 cm); Height on stand: 22" (56 cm).

A finely cast bronze bell with well weathered surface and a portrait like face of an ancestor. The bell measures 7 x 3.5 inches. Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, West Africa.

Very old carved wooden head rest from the Yoruba Of Nigeria, West Africa. featuring a female ancestor spirit and some incided designs. Mounted to wooden base. Measures 10.5 x 8 inches.

the first a Benin bronze female face with open back (10 in.) (some casting flaws); the second a Nigerian Ogboni Society mask (8.25 in.); the third a likely Yoruba figural baton (10.75 in.).

Old West African Punu Ancestor Mask, Gabon. Carved wood and pigments. Display Stand. Ex. Collection of Larry Goldblatt, New York. Size: 20'' x 7.5'' x 5.5'' (51 x 19 x 14 cm). Height on stand: 25" (64

Possibly of the Dan people. Dimensions: H 10" x W 6" x D 5" Condition: Old chip and loss to back edge at top. Matting and surface dirt to beard. Patina throughout.

A pair of large monumental antique West African tribal ancestor statues, hand carved by artists of the Senufo people of the Ivory Coast and Mali. With woven grass skirts. Mounted on hand carved black

Large Yoruba Bronze Necklace decorated with a strand of bronze Yoruba Rings and Rings with Bells. Cast in bronze (copper/brass alloy) (lost wax method). The rings measure approx. 1" Diameter, with the

Antique Hand Beaded African Nigerian Yoruba Tribe Large Mens Vest Pictorial brown canvas decorated with minute glass beads forming depictions of birds snakes lizards and other abstract geometric shape

NIGERIAN YORUBA HELMET MASK African / Nigerian carved wood Yoruba helmet mask, depicts a seated female figure with children atop a male helmet mask. Size: 50.5"

Nigerian Antique Yoruba Gelede Wood Mask. 8 x 7.5 x 6.5 inches H.

3 Faced Yoruba Helmet Mask, Yoruba People, West Africa 20th C. Carved Wood & Metal. Size: 12.5"H x 10.5"W x 11"D (32 x 26.5 x 28 cm).PLEASE NOTE: All auction items are located in CHICAGO for preview a

Three West African Masks. Punu, Yoruba and Youraba Gelede. Carved wood and pigment. Sizes ranging from: 9'' x 7'' x 6.5'' (23 x 18 x 17 cm) to 16.5'' x 10'' x 5.5'' (42 x 25 x 14 cm).

A group of three Nigerian Style Objects. Includes Nigerian style mask, West African style figure, and Igbo figurative headdress. Wood. Nigeria. Smallest: 10 1/2" x 4". Largest: 19 1/4" x 8". Condition

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

A Nigerian style mask. West Africa. 20th century. Wood and metal. 11 1/4" x 7 1/2" x 6 1/2". Condition: includes stand. General wear throughout. Condition: General wear throughout. Provenance: Private

Yoruba hand made beaded sculpture headdress helmet. A large and impressive figural art composition with opposing relief faces, and profuse bird forms encircling and surmounting a central crown. Carefu

A West African Nigerian Benin cast bronze figure. The figure depicts an Edo warrior holding a leopard. The figure is engraved with detailed patterns, and openwork elements. The figurine of leopard is

A West African mask, originating from the Chokwe people in Angola, a significant cultural artifact that holds deep cultural and spiritual meaning within the Chokwe society. These masks play an essenti

Vintage West African Mask & Storage Container - A Carved Wood Baoule Mask with a figure holding two snakes, traces of red pigment (figure at top has a snake wrapped around mid-section and there is an

A small West Africa North Nigerian Tiv patinated bronze figure. The figure depicts a human figure with a smile on his face, decorated with relief images of accessories, earrings, and a headdress. The