Rare Toussian Avian Helmet Mask Ex Tackberry coll. 1993

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 Carved wooden helmet style mask with bold painted and incised designs and featuring a stylized Duck or avian form. Nunuma or related ethnic group, Burkina Faso, West Africa. The mask measures 20.5 i

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 Finely carved wooden helmet mask with raised scarification designs and a wonderful sense of realism. Lipico masks are traditional initiation masks. Makonde peoples, Tanzania/ Mozambique, Africa. The

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 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

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 Rare Old Eastern Luba Face mask in what appears to be an avian form. Luba peoples, Congo, Central Africa. The mask measures 12 x 7.25 inches. A metal display stand can be included for an additional

This is a very rare old and field used dance mask with aggressive open mouth and well handled and worn edges suggesting years of field use. Kumu peoples, Congo, Africa. The mask was published in the S

A small carved wooden maskette with heavily encrusted surface and a unusual smile on its face. Dan peoples, Ivory Coast, West Africa. The mask measures 4 inches tall , 5.25 inches tall on professional

Burkina Faso, 19", ex Princeton, NJ collection; Yale GVR #133259,an impressive fully realized sculpture with multiple projections that entertain the eye from all directions. A well used example of a r

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

A rare old and interesting carved wooden mask accented with kaolin clay mineral pigments and some red pigment accents around the eyes. The mask resembles an owl or other bird and is a very rare exampl

A very rare old carved wooden helmet style mask with wonderful treatment to the coiffure and classic facial style , well worn and well handled surface and edges all suggesting field use and wear. Bang

A truly massive African Plank mask with carved and incised designs, accented with red and white pigments and abrus seeds. The Mask is adorned with an avian finial and measures 61 x 11 inches. Provenan

This is a rare wooden helmet mask known as a "tshibangabanga" among the Binji, an ethnic group within the Kuba complex of Tribes, DR Congo, central Africa.This powerful bell-shaped helmet mask was cle

A finely carved wooden helmet mask with reddish mineral pigment accent and a small section of human hair. Makonde peoples, Mozambique, Africa. The mask measures 11 x 6 inches. A durable metal display

A Very fine Old carved wooden helmet mask featuring a wonderfully stylized canine being attacked by a long snake twisted around his body, making a very interesting openwork design on top of the mask.

A very fine old and rare Diviners maskette , a carved wooden miniature mask with traditional face, linear designs accenting kaolin clay and a very well handled surface patina. Worn as a pectoral by a

A carved wooden helmet style mask with kaolin clay accent on the face and embellished with linear designs, as well as a zoomorphic finial. Suku peoples, Congo, Africa, Provenance: - Ex. Dr. Kenneth Ad

A finely carved wooden mask with painted star like designs and a stylized and elongated face. Sukuma peoples, mask, Tanzania, Africa. The mask measures 16 x 9 inches. Provenance: Ex. McConnell Coll, V

A Carved wooden helmet mask with portrait like features, human hair and a well handled surface suggesting ceremonial use. Such masks were often worn during initiation into manhood ceremonies by young

A very rare and fascinating miniature Bwa shrine maskette of an antelope. Carved wooden with energetic incised designs accented with kaolin clay pigments. The mask measures 11.5 inches tall ( 14.75 in

Carved wooden mask with a "devil" like face and Avian image on top. The mask is quite old and very weathered, and was collected in situ by Artist Steve Tobin in the 1980's.