Exceedingly Rare Holo Holo Polychromed Helmet mask Ex Irwin Hersey

Carved wooden helmet dance mask with red,blue and white kaolin clay pigments and an overall charming style. Holo Holo peoples, DRC/ Congo, Africa. The Helmet mask measures 10 x 9 inches. A metal displ

A carved wooden helmet style mask with exaggerated features and painted pigment spots, as well as seed and natural resin. Tetela / North Western Songye peoples, Congo, Africa. Provenance: Ex Irwin Her

This is a rare Toma Passport maskette from the border region between Guinea and Liberia, Africa. A Fine Poro society personal mask with original cloth attachment. Provenance: Ex. Irwin Hersey, NYC. 19

A Very rare carved wooden staff with a ancestor face, carved designs and a deep well handled surface patina suggesting many years of field use. The staff measures 30.5 inches tall. Azande / Zande peop

A large carved wooden semi-helmet style mask with linear designs, tall central crest and attached woven fiber rope netting to cover the dancer. Basonge peoples, Kifwebe society, DRC/ Congo, central Af

A Very rare and unusual carved wooden dance crest with a highly stylized form, face and embellished with a human hair mustache. A rare find from the Mambila peoples, Nigeria, Africa. The mask measures

A large stylized helmet mask with exaggerated facial features and well handled and worn surface suggesting field use. Holo peoples, DRC/ Congo, central Africa. A metal display stand can also be includ

A rare pair of carved wooden miniature mask diviner’s pendant masks, worn as part of the diviners magic regalia. The masks measure 8.5 inches ( tallest) and 6 inches. Provenance:Ex. Irwin Herse

Carved from a single piece of wood with remnants of painted designs and a deep well handled surface suggesting years of field use. Kuba peoples, DRC/ Congo, central Africa. The mask measures 11.25 inc

A Wonderful antique hammered bronze Demon Mask with aggressive features and classic form. Nepal, Kathmandu valley. The mask measures 10.25 inches tall. Provenance: Ex Irwin Hersey, New York, Ex Robert

A Tall carved wooden dance mask embellished with hammered metal work and traditional comb like finial on the top of the mask. Such masks were typically danced at agricultural festivals. Bamana / Bamba

A carved wooden dance mask with blackened mineral pigments and accented designs with white kaolin clay pigment. The mask has a soft well handled surface suggesting many years of ceremonial use. Igbo p

A Lovely small carved wooden mask with delicate facial features and a deep well handled surface patina, suggesting years of field use. Such masks were often attached to costumes which were placed atop

A carved wooden Wum Helmet Mask, North West Cameroon, Africa. The mask measures 13 x 8 inches. A metal display stand can be included for an additional $40.00. Provenance: Ex. McConnell col, VA., Ex. L

A very rare carved wooden 3/4 helmet mask with incised linear designs, open work eyes, and contrasting red and white kaolin clay pigments decorating the mask. This genre of helmet mask, known as bolo

A most unusual old carved wooden helmet mask with raised designs, round eyes and incised facial scars. The mask is well handled, with old metal staples suggesting regalia was once attached for traditi

A very rare Kuba mask or helmet from the southern Kuba peoples, possibly even a sub-group. DRC/Congo, Africa. A durable metal display stand can be included for an additional $35.00. Provenance: Ex. Dr

A very Fine early 20th century carved wooden male sculpture with stylized torso and dramatic facial features. The figure has a well handled surface patina suggesting good age. Azande peoples, Congo, c

A Rare Ovimbundu Staff Ex Sotheby's, Ex Irwin Hersey.A carved wooden colonial era staff with a honey colored surface patina and featuring an anthropomorphic figure in colonial garb.Ovimbundu peoples,

A very fine and rare 18-19th? century painted wooden panel, most likely part of an Orthodox Church decoration from Ethiopia. The Wooden panel features three serate religious stories and classic Ethiop

A finely carved and exceedingly rare mask from the Southern Lozi peoples on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe. Carved wood embedded with old glass seed beads and a undeniable well handled surface pati

This rare pipe is a excellent example of the style, classically represents a stylized character, the abdomen swollen by the obliquely cut bowl, The round head, enlarged by the hemispherical ears, offe

A very rare old carved wooden helmet mask with janus mask faces and two protruding spirit faces from the forehead. The mask is completely covered in animal skin, stretched tightly over the mask form a

A rare carved wood and painted helmet mask from the Igala peoples, Nigeria, Africa. Raised designs accented with various paints and with well handled edges showing field use and wear. The mask measure