Fine African Hemba Soko Mutu Chimpanzee Mask and Cape, DRC

Fine African Hemba Soko Mutu Chimpanzee Mask and Cape, DRC. Carved wood, fur, plant fiber. Stand not included. Published: "African Art & the Serious Collector," Maine Antiques Digest (April, 2010). Ex

A rare Old carved wooden mask from The Hemba peoples of The DRC / Congo, central Africa. A "Soko Mutu" or Monkey mask with a wonderfully abstract face and organic material painted on the mask surface,

A rare Old carved wooden mask from The Hemba peoples of The DRC / Congo, central Africa. A "Soko Mutu" or Monkey mask with a wonderfully abstract face and organic material painted on the mask surface,

A rare vintage to antique carved wooden mask from The Hemba peoples of The DRC / Congo, central Africa. A "Soko Mutu" or Monkey mask with a wonderfully abstract face and well handled mask surface, whi

A very rare old wooden mask from the Hemba peoples, Congo / DRC, Africa. This Hemba mask, known as "Soko Mutu" means “chimpanzee-human,” and traditionally appears at funerals and may also serve pr

CONGO DRC HEMBA Zoomorphic Chimpanze Mask « Mwisi Gwa So’o » & « Soko Mutu » Powerful little mask with a crusty patina The Hemba live in eastern Congo DRC, between the Lualab

Title: Soko mutu Hemba Mask - DRC Congo- African Art Tribal Art Item Category: Mask Date/Period: Second half 20th century Origin: DRC, Congo Materials: Wood Dimensions: 8,66 Inch Weight: 1,43 Pounds N

**Originally Listed At $500** Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Shaba District, Hemba tribe, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden monkey mask known as a soko mutu, or "ch

A very finely carved Soko Mutu or simian mask from the Hemba peoples of the DRC/ CONGO central Africa. The mask has a charming openwork smile and classic facial features. The mask measures 11.5 x 6.25

A very fine old carved wooden mask in the form of a stylized chimpanzee. Known locally as "Soko Mutu" such masks were often worn at funerals and other ritual ceremonies, the mask is small and was atta

African Hemba Soko Chimpanzee Wood Mask On Fiber Panel, Congo. Provenance: Ethnographic Tribal Museum Collection (See Auction Catalog Description). Some Lots Have Been On Exhibition , Stand Not Includ

A carved wooden mask with encrusted surface , well worn attachment holes, tribal repair to chin and overall well handled surface patina. Such masks are sometimes danced funerals, the mask appears at t

A Hemba chimpanzee mask, Sokomutu Democratic Republic of Congo Carved wood, the face in the shape of a monkey's head, with a broad grinning smile reaching across the entire lower half of the face, a l

Carved wooden mask with wonderful serene facial treatment and a well handled surface patina. Unusual and highly stylized example carved from a dense heavy wood. Measures 10 x 7 inches ( 16.5 inches ta

A handsome carved wooden mask with exaggerated face of a monkey, stylized nose and big smile! Hemba peoples, Congo, Africa. The mask measures 8.25 x 5 inches

(lot of 2) Papua New Guinea decorative "Mwai" mask, with applied cowrie shells, 22"l; together with an African Soko Moto chimpanzee mask, Hemba people, D.R. Congo, age and use unproven, 9"h

A carved wooden face mask of a Ape or Chimpanzee with organic material coating the surface. Hemba peoples, DRC/Congo, central Africa.The extremely stylized chimpanzee masks are called ''mwisi gwa so'o

Group of five various African carved wood masks, including: two Chokwe, Democratic Republic of the Congo (D.R.C.) with raffia attachments; Hemba, D.R.C. chimpanzee form; together with two show

Fine Lulua Mask. DRC. Carved wood. Size: 17" x 8.5" x 8", 43 x 22 x 20 cm (mask). Ex. Max Garb collection, Chicago; Private Pennsylvania Collection.

Fine African Pende Mask, DRC. Carved wood, pigment and plant fiber. On stand. Ex. Estate Collection Isadore and Nancy Marder, Philadelphia. Size: 12'' x 10'' x 17'' (30 x 25 x 43 cm).

Face mask representing a gorilla or ape with an oversized and very human nose, and with the low forehead, arched brows, and wide flat upward curving upper lip typical of Soko Mutu masks. Hemba people,

Fine African Salampasu Mask, DRC, early 20th c. Braided plant fiber face and hat, with paint decoration; and a long raffia beard. On metal stand. Provenance: Private Collection of Shirley and David Ro

Fine Antique Eastern Pende Mask, DRC. Carved wood. On stand. Property from the Collection of Isadore and Nancy Marder, Merion Station, Pennsylvania, acquired by the early 1970s. Size: 15'' x 5.75'' x

Ca. 19th-20thC. Very good with age appropriate wear with original patina. Ex-Nooter col.