Monumental Igbo Dance Crest with painted enlarged head

A very tall carved wooden and painted parade head or bust carried in processions that relate to ancestor worship. Igbo peoples, Nigeria, Africa. The sculpture has been custom mounted to a durable meta

A very tall carved wooden dance crest with a dramatic stylized face and a wooden raised crest. remnants of woven grass costume fragments still remain suggesting the head crest was danced at village ce

Carved wooden dance crest or cap with 11 avian like appendages and a central ancestor head, painted with kaolin clay pigments and still has attached textiles from the original costume. Igbo peoples, N

A Carved wooden head crest used in ceremonial dance, with painted ancestor face and stylized form. Igbo peoples, Nigeria, Africa. The Dance Crest measures 16 x 5 inches. Provenance: The William Wright

A striking carved wooden anthropomorphic dance crest of a painted Red ancestral spirit head with raised central crest, facial scar tattoos and white eyes. The head crest measures 14.25 inches tall on

A carved wooden dance crest painted with kaolin clay pigments and a highly stylized mask like face and traditional form. Igbo peoples, Nigeria. The sculpture measures 14.5 inches tall. Provenance: The

A very tall carved wooden and painted parade head or bust carried in processions that relate to ritual ceremonies and ancestor worship. Igbo peoples, Nigeria, Africa. The sculpture has been custom mou

A carved wooden dance crest actually worn on top of the head with two classic Igbo style faces and a wonderful janus avian finial, natural pigments and overall well handled and worn surface. Igbo peop

A very interesting old carved wooden dance crest, with a bush cow like head atop a long neck, the eyes accented with abrus seeds. The Head has been painted with a red mineral pigment and the long neck

A eroded old dance crest for the Egungun dances with a classical large Yoruba head with typical coif and face painted in yellow with green designs; part of lower cowl deficient, not affecting the carv

A Carved wooden headdress featuring a stylized ancestor with tall swept back horns and facial scar designs and basketry type mount for wearing. Igbo or related group, Cross River region, Nigeria, Afri

A carved wooden ceremonial dance crest with painted and incised designs, stylized ancestor face and well handled surface. Mossi peoples, Burkina Faso, West Africa. The Dance cap or crest measures 8.25

A Igbo head crest with two rams. 20th century. Igbo style. Nigeria. 8 1/2" x 17."

A solid carved wooden dance crest or false head with stylized facial features, black and white kaolin pigments and obvious field use and wear over generations. The mask like head measures 11 x 6.5 inc

ONE-HALF SIZE GOLDEN PLOVER by John and Patty Waterfield. Excellent original paint and structural condition. Stipple paint to back and paint ticking to head crest. Painted feather detail to wings. Hea

Monumental carved and paint decorated Buddha head. From a Rye, NY estate. Dimensions: Buddha head measures approx. 40" h.

A group of 3 West African objects. 20th century. ++ Benin style standing brass figure. Nigeria,Benin. 10 1/8"h x 5"w x 2 3/8"d.++ Igbo style head crest. Nigeria,Igbo. 9 1/8"h x 4 1/2"w x 4 1/2"d.++ Af

Africa, Sierra Leone, ca. mid 20th century CE. A very large carved wood festival headpiece, extensively detailed with Hindu inspired decoration. The composition includes a large crowned female head pr

West African Chi-Wara dance crest, depicting a vertical antelope head, from the Segou area, Mali, Bamana people, signs of age and use, 25"h

A Very fine Old and well used Dance crest with a proud ancestor head and stylized dread like coiffure. The headdress has an old rattan basketry weaving on the bottom with remnants of green paint. Idom

A carved wooden dance crest for the Egungun ceremonies, painted black and white and adorned with textiles. The Egungun society is to commemorate and revere the ancestors. traditionally it is believed

Navajo Dance Kachina Rattle Hand Painted Eagle Head

**Originally Listed At $200** West Africa, Nigeria, Igbo peoples, ca. mid-20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden dance mask from the Afikpo peoples, a larger subgroup of people within the larger Igbo n

A group of three Igbo Helmet Masks and Head Crest. Wood, pigment, metal, and natural fibers. Nigeria. Smallest: 7 1/2" x 10". Largest: 21" x 5 3/4". Condition: Pigment loss, wear. Provenance: From a W