CARVED WOODEN MASK - NGBANDI PEOPLE

A carved wooden mask with large ocular orbits accented with remains of white kaolin clay pigment; small wedge-shaped nose, high brow with classical scarification. Ngbaka or NGbandi peoples, DRC/ Congo

Ubangi mask; Ngbaka or Ngbandi peoples mask, DRC/ Congo, Africa. A carved wooden face mask with incised tribal scar designs and signs of use over many years. Stained red with organic pigments. Hand Dr

Ivory coast. Djimimi people. Carved wooden mask with long ears. Red and white pigmentation. 42x20x14 cm (16,3x7,8x5,4 inch) 835 gr. (29,2 oz). GUEYE MUSTAPHA COLLECTION. The Djimini (also spelt Dyimin

Ivory coast. Djimimi people. Carved wooden mask with long ears. Red pigmentation. 40x18x12 cm (15,6x7x4,7 inch) 1018 gr. (35,6 oz). The Djimini (also spelt Dyimini) people of Côte d’Ivoire b

A very rare and desirable Black Punu carved wooden mask. Punu peoples, Gabon, Africa. Provenance: Ex Jean and Marie Marcellis, France; Purchased prior to 1969. Culture of the mask: Blackened Punu mask

A very rare and desirable Black Punu carved wooden mask. Punu peoples, Gabon, Africa. Provenance: Ex Jean and Marie Marcellis, France; Purchased prior to 1969. Blackened Punu masks are extremely rare

A very rare old example of a "Water Spirit Mask" with kaolin clay and natural pigments on small archaic carved wooden mask. Ijo / Ijaw peoples, Cross river region, Nigeria, Africa. The mask measures 1

A rare carved wooden Kumu mask. Kumu peoples, Congo / DRC , central Africa. Provenance:- Field collected by Rev. Lawson Mooney in Congo, thence to Dr. Ken Adelman, Former director of USAID Zaire, prio

Two African Igbo Wooden Ceremonial Masks, Nigeria : 19th-20th Century carved ceremonial wooden masks, Igbo Peoples, Agwa or Ogbaku Region of Nigeria (1) Tall, narrow mask with open mouth, eyes accente

Ivory coast. Djimimi people. Carved wooden mask with long ears and lonf beak. Red pigmentation. Ornate with spikes. 44x26x14 cm (17,1x10,1x5,5 inch) 1534 gr. (53,69 oz). The Djimini (also spelt Dyimin

Huge carved wooden mask from the Dan peoples, Ivory Coast, West Africa. Extra large example, reportedly used as a parade mask. Various "magic" regalia attached. Impressive in size, this mask measures

Huge carved wooden mask from the Dan peoples, Ivory Coast, West Africa. Extra large example, reportedly used as a parade mask. Various "magic" regalia attached. Impressive in size, this mask measures

A elongated and carved wooden mask from the Kwoma people, Washkuk Hills, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. This mask appears to be related to the Yena figures, which were used in the lowest of th

Liberia. Khran People. Carved wooden Mask. 1134 gr (39,7 oz.) 32x18x18 cm (12,5x7x7 inch). Ex. GUEYE MUSTAPHA COLLECTION. The Krahn arrived in the area known as Liberia as part of early sixteenth cent

IVORY COAST. Dan people. Carved wooden mask ornate with cords, fabric amd shells. 575 gr. (20,1 oz.) - 30x22x13 cm (11,7x8,6x5 inch). Ex Fall Elhadji collection. There are regional variations among th

**First Time At Auction** Western Africa, Liberia and Cote d'Ivoire, Dan peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A large carved wooden mask from the Dan people known as a Kagle (or spirit mask). Th

A rare and well weathered old carved wooden mask from the Ibibio peoples, Nigeria, West Africa. Note the 6 open eyes and well handled and aged surface suggesting generations of field use. The mask mea

Africa, Nigeria, Ibibio, ca. early 20th century CE. A carved wooden mask from the Ibibio peoples of the region between the Niger River Delta and the Cross River. This is one of the two major masks tha

A woven plant fiber and animal hide ceremonial cap embellished with a carved wooden mask like face. Kuba peoples, DRC/ Congo, Africa. The Cap measures 13.5 x 11 inches x 5.5 inches tall. A metal displ

A very fine old carved wooden mask from the Bamun peoples, Cameroon, West Africa. With a wonderful stylized face and coiffure as well as a wonderful layered surface suggesting many years or ceremonial

Carved wooden mask from the Dogon peoples of Mali, West Africa. This mask represents a rabbit, known by the Dogon as a "Dyommo" mask. Adorned with tall tabbit ears and various paints and organic pigme

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

Old and field used carved wooden mask from the Senufo peoples of Mali and Cote de Ivorie, West Africa. Throughout the twentieth century, members of poro, a Senufo initiation association, wore small, f

A Very rare and monumental in scale carved wooden mask from the Suku peoples, Congo, Africa. An overall exaggerated and fantastic form, a Huge human face with Orange and white kaolin clay pigment with