Enormous Bamana Antelope mask with Field Use

This is a very large and impressive carved wooden mask with tall painted arching horns and brass embellishments. The mask represents "Daje" or a wild antelope which has been painted and adorned with g

A carved wooden dance mask in a highly stylized zoomorphic form, encrusted surface and signs of field use and wear. Known locally as a "Karikpo" or antelope and are worn at important ceremonies like t

A carved wooden and painted zoomorphic mask in the form of an antelope with twisted horns and overall traditional style and form for the region. The mask shows obvious field use and wear as a ceremoni

A very finely carved wooden maskette with field use and tribal repair with metal plate. Bamana peoples, Mali, Africa. The mask measures 10 x 4 inches , 14.5 inches on professional custom mount.

A Finely carved wooden headdress featuring the image of the mythical antelope Chiwara attached to basketry cap. The headdress shows plenty of handling and wear suggesting actual field use as a dance c

A carved wooden Zoomorphic ceremonial mask in the form of a hyena, with stylized long dramatic face and very well handled and worn surface suggesting field use. Bamana peoples, Mali, West Africa. The

A carved wooden Zoomorphic ceremonial mask in the form of a Bushcow, with stylized horns, long dramatic face and very well handled and worn surface suggesting field use. Bamana peoples, Mali, West Afr

A Carved wooden mask in zoomorphic form of a Hyena with well handled and worn surface patina suggesting some field use. Bamana peoples, Mali, Africa. The mask measures 13 x 7.5 inches ( 14.5 inches on

A carved wooden marionette/ mask of a Antelope with long arched back spiral horns, and long snout with articulated lower jaw. The mask was painted yellow with black and red accents , and the remains o

Carved wooden zoomorphic mask with painted designs, tall spiral horns and aggressive facial features. This mask is very light weight and dry wood with obvious wear and field use over many years. Guro

A carved wooden dance mask in the form of a stylized Hyena , with well handled and weathered surface , a black mineral pigment and signs of age and field use. Bamana peoples, Mali, Africa. The mask me

Elegant and abstract mask depicting a hyena or antelope, for Kore Society, Bamana Mali, with superb old glossy patina of use and age, 16.5"h x 8"w x 7"d Provenance: Estate of Tom Perkins

Very Old Tall carved wooden mask with archaic style face and antelope horns with ancestor figure. This mask does appear to be an old field used example. Bamana / Bambara peoples, Mali, West Africa The

wood, Just like the "tjiwara" society, the "sogi ni kun" is an association of juveniles ("ton"). The mask dancers appear at working competitions which take place in the villages or on the fields. H: 4

This is an old Marka Dance mask with hammered brass sheet and antelope style horns, plenty of signs of wear and use. Marka peoples, a Bamana peoples sub group, are known as Islamic traders of goods am

Large Bamana antelope mask with three men riding the horns and head: 14" W x 29" D x 47 1/2" H

carved wooden mask from the Kore society of the Bamana peoples, Mali, West Africa. The mask was carved from a hard dense wood in the image of a Antelope, with tall horns and ears alert and tall. The m

A maskette of a horned animal. 14-1/2" L

A Carved wooden mask in stylized form of an antelope with anthropomorphic features, incised symbols and obvious age and wear. Bamana peoples, Mali, Africa. The mask measures 17 x 6.5 inches. A durable

A Carved wooden mask with deformed and grotesque facial features, a carved serpent and vessel and undeniable field use and wear. Ibibio peoples or perhaps related ethnic group, Benue region, Nigeria,

A Very rare, old and interesting wooden mask from the Idoma peoples of Nigeria, West Africa. This is a very old and authentic dance mask and quite a rare find, from the Igbo / Idoma hinterland, a conf

A well handled and well worn old mask with demon face, fangs and a silver colored paint.The mask shows field use and wear and likely served as a village performance mask representing an demon or angry

Bamana, Mali, Antelope dance mask, Tjiwara Society dance mask carved in two parts. Wood with the finest relief carving on the head and body of the antelope, the horns in extremely fine relief. The hor

An African Mali Bamana tribe colorfully painted antelope head having a small male figure puppet affixed to the head between the antlers. The antelope features a white, yellow, white, blue repeating co