Rare Tiv Kwag-Hir festival mask, African Tribal Art

A very well used and weathered helmet style mask with exaggerated face and energetic aesthetic. Tiv peoples, Nigeria, Africa. A metal display stand can be included for an additional $35.00

A Very large carved wooden helmet mask depicting a deformed face with abstract facial features and form. An old metal strip in nailed to one side to repair a stress fracture. The mask is quite large a

A striking old and field used Tiv Kwagh Hir festival mask with bulging eyes, toothy grimace, attached animal hair and several areas of tribal repairs and adornment. Tiv peoples, Nigeria, Africa. The m

A large carved wood and painted helmet with exaggerated facial features and wonderful dramatic style of a Kwag Hir festival mask. The Tiv began the Kwag-hir ceremony to address many of the traditional

This mask is quite an uncommon example from the Kwagh-Hir masquerade of the Tiv people, Nigeria, Africa. Carved wood with a highly stylized human face, accented with a bright green paint and with the

This mask is quite an uncommon example from the festivals/ masquerades of the Tiv people, Nigeria, Africa. Carved wood with a highly stylized human face, accented with a bright paint and with the addi

A small carved wooden maskette, likely part of a marionette display for the Kwagh-hir festival, which is a multipart culturally edifying art form of the Tiv people of central Nigeria which became popu

This is a very rare style of Wooden mask from the Tiv peoples of Nigeria Africa.Carved wood face mask with incised linear designs , tribal tattoos and some obvious age and wear. I do not see masks fro

This is a remarkable old Tiv Kwagh-hir helmet mask - Kwagh-hir performance mask, with realistic facial features and a well weathered and worn surface suggesting years of traditional use as a festival

A Very rare old wooden mask from the Baule peoples, Cote De Ivorie, West Africa. Carved wood with a large round geometric face and classic carving style, the tall antelope horns and cubistic like faci

A carved wooden ceremonial dance mask with a highly exaggerated form and purple paint. Tiv peoples, Nigeria , most likely part of the Kwagh-Hir festival. A metal display stand can be included for an a

This is a remarkable old Tiv Kwagh-hir helmet mask - Kwagh-hir performance mask, with realistic facial features and a well weathered and worn surface suggesting years of traditional use as a festival

This is a very old and well used Igala peoples festival mask or headdress, Nigeria, Africa. This heavily weathered and field used mask features traditional ceremonial scars and a diminutive face, with

This is an old hand carved wooden mask from the Biombo Peoples, Congo / DRC , Africa. Masks of this type are known as "Tshimwana" which were used during Initiation festivals. The mask was decorated wi

A very rare and unusual carved wooden mask from the Azande peoples of the Congo, central Africa. This is not a typical mask , as the Azande are not known for their masks. The mask is somewhat flat and

A Carved wooden mask carved with aggressive facial features and painted with linear designs and accented with a raffia grass collar. Ndaaka Mask, Ituri region, DR Congo. Excellent example. Ex. Charles

A carved wooden effigy with highly stylized facial features and form, and most interesting is an area where it is likely a wooden phallus was once attached. Tiv or related ethnic group, Nigeria, West

Description en français ci-dessous - French description below CONGO RDC TABWA ANTHROPOMORPHIC MASK The Tabwa are a people living in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, and in Zambia, on the

Title: Rare Pig Mask Ngulu TSHOKWE CHOKWE Angola African tribal art 1391 Additional Information: ANGOLA or CONGO Drc CHOKWE Cute Ngulu Pig Mask Characteristics: TYPE OF OBJECT: Mask ETHNICAL GROUP: Ch

CONGO DRC Anthropomorphic HEMBA Mask Anthropomorphic Hemba masks are rare, they give off an impression of majesty and serenity The Hemba are a people living in the province of Katanga (Congo DRC) betw

CONGO DRC LEGA Rare idimu Bwami mask with handle A similar mask is illustrated in "Masks in Congo", by Marc Léo Félix, page 57. Other Lega "with handle" masks have been published in: Biebuyc

CONGO DRC RARE MBOLE Lilwa Society Mask Bambole are a people whose rites have remained rather mysterious to us. The society of the Lilwa (which could be compared to the Bwami of the Lega) organized th

Title: Beautiful rare MBOLE BAMBOLE Mask Congo Rdc Zaire Kongo African Tribal Art 1145 Additional Information: CONGO DRC MBOLE Lilwa Society Mask Bambole are a people whose rites have remained rather

Height: 20.25" Width: 6.5" Depth: 4.25" Weight: 1.5 lbs An interesting Tiv mask featuring a human figure superstructure with a snake wrapped around its body. Stand is not included.