Bamum Chiefs Helmet Mask

African Cameroon wood ceremonial/ ancestral chief helmet on stand, Bamum Kingdom, featuring carved diamond shapes and four figural masks, atop central mask form with exaggerated facial features, sitti

YORUBA, NIGERIA, CHIEF'S HELMET MASK. HEIGHT 16 1/2"

African, Bamum people of Cameroon, hand-carved hardwood Janiform helmet mask with three faces, the standing sculpture with reticulated coiffure. 23" H x 12" W x 11" D.

A Bamum "Tu-Ngunga" carved wood helmet maskEarly/mid-20th century; Bamum Peoples, Grassfields, Cameroon, East AfricaAppears unmarkedThe large carved wood helmet mask with a toothy grimace, p

Mid 20th c Bamum People (Cameroon ) Bird/Spirit helmet Mask, With Lizards wood and polychrome 19 x 10 x 7"

wood, thickly encrusted sacrificial patina, blackened by smoke and soot, collection no. Afrika Museum Berg en Dal "222-4", labeled "Nachtmasker Bamum" The "troh" covenant is also called the "night" or

A fine Pende "Giphogo" helmet mask, carved wood with various mineral pigments. Pende peoples, DRC/ Congo, central Africa. Giphogo masks were danced by the chiefs of the Eastern Pende on the occasion o

A Carved wooden helmet mask elaborately adorned with shells and beads, metal work and carved designs. The mask represents Bwoom. Bwoom specific identity varies according to different versions of the m

Two "Warka" metal plated masks, Bamum beaded figurative mask, two primitive West African style helmet head crests, probably made for tourist trade. Some insect damage, wear, splits.

lime wood (Alstonia Scholaris), coconut husk, rattan, bark cloth, plant fibre, fabric, lime, pigments (red, black), opercula, inventory no. "87L162", rest., baseEarlier ethnologists believed that "tat

Egypt, Ptolemaic period, ca. 332 to 30 BCE. Beautifully crafted from imported wood layered with gesso and linen, a stunning gilded mummy mask meant for a male child with a stylized, theatrical counten

** A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this lot will benefit The Fowler Museum at UCLA **Asia, possibly Burma, ca. late 19th to early 20th century. Rare mask in helmet carved from a single piec

Exceptional three quarter helmet mask with classical Bakongo facial features. Rendered realistically with grinning face and remains of original mineral pigments. * One of only three known examples of

Mende Helmet Mask, Sierra Leone soweii Wood with burnished black shiny patina Height 19in (48.2cm) Provenance Mauricio and Emilia Lasansky Collection, Iowa City Jerry Solomon Collection, Los Angeles

wood, greyish brown patina, kaolin, animal bristles, dome-shaped helmet in the centre, a long triangular snout protruding from the front, a pair of broad flat horns connected at their tips, larger are

AFRICAN SIERRA LEONE SANDE SOCIETY HELMET MASK African Sande Society initiation helmet mask, Sierra Leone, 20th century. Decorated with long fiber skirt along base. Size: 15" (excluding fiber skirt)

A helmet mask with four horns. West Africa. 20th century. 16 1/2"h x 16"w x 14"d. Provenance: Inventory and Collection from the Estate of Merton D. Simpson. Catalog Notes: Simpson Inventory #6227, Pur

Burkina Faso, 19", ex Princeton, NJ collection; Yale GVR #133259,an impressive fully realized sculpture with multiple projections that entertain the eye from all directions. A well used example of a r

Zoomorphe Helmmaske, "kponyugo" Senufo, Côte d’Ivoire Ohne Sockel / without base Holz. H 84 cm. Provenienz: - Galerie Künzi, Gottfried Künzi (1920-1979), Solothurn. - Martin Gross (192

Helmmaske, "epe" Igala, Nigeria Mit Sockel / with base Holz, Leder, Raphia, Paternostererbsen. H 35 cm (ohne Raphia). Provenienz: - Galerie Walu, Zürich. - Andreas Vontobel (1931-2011), Waltalingen.

African Kom or Bekom Carved Wood Helmet Mask, Grassfields Region, Cameroon, primate-form with animal atop, h. 17 in., w. 11 in., d. 9 in.; mounted on fitted metal stand, overall h. 15 in. Provenance:

Helmmaske, "gelede" (?) Yoruba, Nigeria Mit Sockel / with base Holz. H 17 cm. L 34 cm. Provenienz: - Ernest Ohly ( 2010), Berkeley Galleries, London. - Peter Schnell, Zürich (1960). - Galerie Walu, B

Warring States Period (475-221 BC),Measures 37cm. From a private collection. old rare bronze general Helmet Connected Helmet Mask

wood, black patina, matt and shiny, of typical cylindrical shape with compressed face and neck rolls, elaborated coiffure with crowning knob and horn emblems at the nape, slightly dam., minor missing