Mossi Karan Wemba African mask Ex Gallery Amrad 1970's

A very tall carved wooden mask featuring an elegant female ancestor finial above the mask face, all carved from a single piece of dense wood. Among the Mossi of Burkina Faso, a wooden face mask surmou

Date: 1970's Origin/Tribe: Burkina Faso - Afrika Material: Wood Dimensions: 50 Additional Information: Throughout the savanna region of West Africa, commemorative funerals pay tribute to the memory of

Tall carved wooden mask with elegant female ancestor image, from the Mossi of Burkina Faso, West Africa. This is a rare style of mask created by the Mossi to appear at the funeral of an elderly Mossi

A carved wooden dance mask with comb like structure on top and primitive facial features. Bamana peoples, Kore secret society mask, Mali, Africa. The mask measures 16 x 7.5 inches ( 19 inches tall on

A carved wooden face mask accented with kaolin clay pigments and classic archaic face. Bwami society, Lega peoples, DRC/ Congo, central Africa. The mask measures 8.5 x 6 inches. Provenance: Ex. McConn

A finely carved wooden Baule dance mask with tall ears and some minor tribal repairs with staples. Baule peiples, Ivory Coast, Africa. Provenance: ex. McConnell Collection, VA, Ex. Gallerie Lippell, M

A carved wooden ceremonial mask with incised and raised scar designs, diminutive ears, open work eyes and mouth and a well handled surface patina. Ngbaka peoples, DRC/ Congo, central Africa. The mask

A Kom (Bekom) "Kam" mask, Cameroon, Africa. This type of mask was carved from a dense heavy wood and was worn atop the head, similar to a cap , and then the dancer would wear a costume covering the fa

A very weathered and well handled old carved wooden mask with open face eyes and signs of handling and wear. Lega peoples, DRC/ Congo, Africa. The mask measures 9 x 5.75 inches. Provenance: Ex Charles

A carved wooden ceremonial mask with deep well handled surface patina and wonderful life like treatment to the face and heavy lidded eyes. Nyamwezi peoples, Tanzania, Africa. The mask measures 15 x 8

A large carved wood helmet mask with woven rope attachments and signs of field use. The Chamba sponsor a masquerade that incorporates both the ancestral dead and aspects of wild nature. This takes pla

A tall carved wooden mask with large geometric openwork eyes and a well weathered and worn surface. Dogon peoples, Mali, West Africa. The mask measures 25 x 6.5 inches. a metal display stand can be in

Fine and very Old Bobo helmet mask, carved wood with painted designs, overall fantastic style, tribal repairs and obvious signs of field use and wear. Bobo peoples, Burkina Faso, West Africa. The mask

A Fine and rare Bena Lulua mask with ornate incised designs, kaolin clay painted face and a nose ring. Bena Lulua peoples, DRC/ Congo, central Africa. Provenance: Leonard Kahan Gallery, NY; Ex. McConn

A rare Carved wooden mask with heavy incised linear designs and overall classic form, with long attached raffia grass beard. Tetela/Sungu peoples mask, Congo, Africa. The mask measures 14 x 10 inches

This is a rather charming carved wooden cap mask in the form of a scorpion with incised and painted designs and an overall fantastic style. The mask shows wear and handling and has been professionally

A very fine old carved wooden Idoma mask from Nigeria, Africa. The mask has a very finely carved face and has signs of field use, worn attachment holes and smooth edges. The mask measures 11 x 10 inch

A Carved wooden Bundu helmet mask with well handled surface and signs of field use. Mende peoples, Sierra Leone, West Africa. The mask itself measures 14 x 9 inches. A metal display stand can also be

A carved wooden mask with exaggerated eyes and a well handled and worn surface suggesting ritual use, most likely used in initiation ceremonies. Mbangani or Binji peoples mask, Congo, central Africa.

A carved wooden mask with traditional enlarged eyes and overall teardrop shaped form, and signs of handling and wear and traditional use. Goma or Bembe peoples mask, Congo / DRC , central Africa. - Ex

A Very rare and desirable old carved wooden mask with large open-work ears and a overall elongated and exaggerated style. The Boa from the DRC/Congo are known principally for their masks, believed to

A Carved wooden dance mask with attached headdress adorned with cowrie shells and attached animal hide beard. The mask features strong facial style , old glass beads and raffia grass coiffure atop the

A carved wooden face mask with elegant and realistic facial treatment with wide open eyes and classic overall form. Dan peoples, Ivory Coast, Africa. The mask measures 8.5 x 5 inches. Provenance: Ex.

A very finely carved wooden face mask with incised linear designs and a very well handled and deep patina to the surface. Lovale peoples, Angola Africa. Provenance: Ex Sol and Josephine Levitt, New Yo