Old Kumu Nsembu Ceremonial Mask

Old carved wooden mask with bold and dramatic style, open work eyes and well handled surface.The Kumu carve the "Nsembu" mask for use by members of the Nkunda Secret Society for the purposes of adult

A very rare old wooden mask from the Kumu peoples, Congo / DRC, Africa. KUMU masks, called \"nsembu\" or \"ibole\", which appear in paired dances that contrast male and female roles during initiations

Gabon. Punu people. Old Ceremonial mask. White and black pigmentation. 1950 circa. 897 gr. - 38x17x15 cm. Extremely fine. Rare. Provenance Fall Elhadji. Masks like these white-faced masks represented

Ivory Coast Baule people. Old Ceremonial mask. Traces of white pigmentation. 1970 circa. 1649 gr. - 41x24x17 cm. Extremely fine. Rare. Provenance Fall Elhadji. The Baule are one of the Akan peoples. T

Ivory Coast Baule people. Old Ceremonial mask. Heavy wood. Face on top. Traces of white pigmentation. 1960 circa. 1800 gr. - 38x20x20 cm. Extremely fine. Rare. Provenance Fall Elhadji. The Baule are o

Ivory Coast Baule people. Old Ceremonial mask. Traces of white pigmentation. 1940 circa. 910 gr. - 39x19x16 cm. Extremely fine. Rare. Provenance Fall Elhadji. The Baule are one of the Akan peoples. Th

Ivory Coast Baule people. Old Ceremonial mask. Traces of white pigmentation. 1970 circa. 957 gr. - 34x20x12 cm. Extremely fine. Rare. Provenance Fall Elhadji. The Baule are one of the Akan peoples. Th

Ivory Coast Baule people. Old Ceremonial mask. Heavy wood. Traces of white pigmentation. 1960 circa. 924 gr. - 35x16x14 cm. Extremely fine. Rare. Provenance Fall Elhadji. The Baule are one of the Akan

Ivory Coast Baule people. Old Ceremonial mask. Traces of white pigmentation. 1980 circa. 870 gr. - 26x19x10 cm. Extremely fine. Rare. Provenance Fall Elhadji. The Baule are one of the Akan peoples. Th

A rare carved wooden Kumu mask. Kumu peoples, Congo / DRC , central Africa. Provenance:- Field collected by Rev. Lawson Mooney in Congo, thence to Dr. Ken Adelman, Former director of USAID Zaire, prio

Ivory Coast Baule people. Old Ceremonial mask. Heavy wood. 1960 circa. 1291 gr. - 35x16x14 cm. Extremely fine. Rare. Provenance Fall Elhadji. The Baule are one of the Akan peoples. They moved west to

Ivory Coast Baule people. Old Ceremonial mask. 1960 circa. 483 gr. - 29x16x8 cm. Provenance Fall Elhadji. The Baule are one of the Akan peoples. They moved west to the Ivory Coast more than 200 years

Ivory Coast JIMINI (DJIMINI) people. Old Ceremonial mask. Red, black and dark green pigmentation. 1980 circa. 490 gr. - 29x18x10 cm. Extremely fine. Rare. Provenance Fall Elhadji. The Djimini (also sp

An exceedingly rare old ceremonial mask from the Amazon Jungle, made of carved wood and painted designs using Urucu or natural pigments. There are today only 170 Waurá live in several small villages

Ivory Coast Baule people. Old Ceremonial mask. Traces of white pigmentation. 1980 circa. 1000 gr. - 32x28x12 cm. Extremely fine. Rare. Provenance Fall Elhadji. The Baule are one of the Akan peoples. T

A primitive and well handled old ceremonial mask accented with red mineral pigments, incised linear designs and showing signs of field use. This type of mask was used during initiation ceremonies amon

A very fine older carved wooden mask with a wonderful stylized and exaggerated face with well handled edges suggesting some age.Ibibio or related peoples , Nigeria, Africa.The mask measures 14 x 7.5 i

A carved wooden mask accented with mineral pigments and adorned with a collar of raffia Grass. The Kumu carve the "Nsembu" mask for use by members of the Nkunda Secret Society for the purposes of adul

A wonderfully abstract oval shaped mask with 6 carved eyes, long snout and well worn surface. Such masks were used by the Kwele peoples during Bwete rituals which involved ingesting psychoactive plant

A carved wooden ceremonial mask with woven rope adornment and with iron spike driven into the forehead and embellished with organic matter and earthen substances around the forehead and packed into th

A wonderfully stylized carved wooden ceremonial mask with well weathered and well handled surface. Makonde peoples, Mozambique, Africa. The mask measures 12 x 9 inches, 18 inches tall on professional

A very old and well handled wooden ceremonial dance mask with some raised scar designs and overall classic form, very well handled and weathered example. The mask measures 9.75 x 6.5 inches, and 14.5

CONGO DRC LARGE KUMU - KOMO NSEMBU MASK The "Nsembu" masks were used during the initiation rites of the "secret" divination society Nkunda The Kumu are a Bantu people living in the equatorial forest o

Maske, "nsembu" Komo (Kumu), DR Kongo Mit Sockel / with base Holz. H 30 cm. Provenienz: - Galerie le Lutrin, Paul Gauzit, Lyon, Frankreich. - lt. mündlicher Überlieferung Armand Avril, Lyon,