Early 20th C. Nigerian Yoruba Wood Mask

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

West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A lovely hand carved wooden figural bust of a face topped by a large, hooked coiffure or headdress shaped like an axe blade. A t

West Africa, Nigeria, Ogoni, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. An interesting, hand-carved wooden mask depicting a human with small eyes and nose, a large, open mouth, and a dramatic, parted coiffure

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

West Africa, Nigeria, Igbo peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A fine example of a wooden mask in the Okoroshi Oma style, hand carved and narrow, to be worn atop the head rather than over the f

**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

**Originally Listed At $250** West Africa, Eastern Nigeria, ca. early 20th century CE. A rather unusual carved wood helmet mask of an abstract, hybrid zoomorphic (perhaps simian) or anthropomorphic fo

**Originally Listed At $200** Western Africa, Eastern Nigeria, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A large and rather unusual hand-carved wooden helmet mask of an abstract, hybrid zoomorphic (perhaps si

**Originally Listed At $150** Western Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A dark wooden helmet mask with an abstract zoomorphic face over a round base drilled through to

* Two Yoruba Wood Masks early 20th century each having polychrome highlights. Height of taller example 43 1/4 inches. Estimate $ 400-600 The Property of the Detroit Institute of Arts, Sold to Benefit

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

Nigeria, Ogoni peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. This mask has amazing hair! Hand carved wood face (probably cane wood) with painted details in the classic Ogoni style: dark lips, eye outlines, hair

**Originally Listed At $600** West Africa, Yoruba peoples, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A fine example with nice aged patina of one of the most distinctive forms of West African masks. This is a

**Originally Listed At $100** Africa, Nigeria, Ogoni peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A large carved wood mask with abstract zoomorphic features. It has oval-shaped eyes, a prominent nose, a

**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

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

**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

**Originally Listed At $250** West Africa, Nigeria & Benin, Yoruba peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A strking example of a Egungun helmet mask with a round, zoomorphic face, its forehead and

African Tribal Art: Gelede Helmet Mask with Umbrella Top, Yoruba People, Nigeria. Carved wood and pigments, heavily patinated with libations, Late 19th Century/Early 20th Century. The mask rests on a

possibly early 20th century, carved, polychromed, and dyed wood, consists of a janiform helmet with a pierced mouth supporting various figures, including a female figure on horseback with two addition

West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, early 20th century CE. A hand-carved, dramatic wood colonial figure of a man wearing a pith helmet and bandoliers riding a horse. Extensive details abound, from w

**First Time At Auction** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. first half of the 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden funerary statue of a highly-stylized anthropomorphic form. The figure stands

**Originally Listed At $250** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba people, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A handsome four-sided brass bell that makes a piercing sound when rung. An anthropomorphic face is

West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A dark wood carving of a standing woman with an enormous rectangular crest on top of her head. A staff like this is called an Os