A Vintage African Dan Mask with Polychrome & Raffia Fring Detail, 20th Century
Antique hand carved plank mask with animal face. Bwa or Bobo tribe. Origin Burkina Faso, Northwest Africa. Measures approx. 32 x 13.5 inches. Surface wear consistent with exposure. Includes copy of purchase receipt from Wm. Darrell Moseley Tribal Arts, Inc. The Bwa is an African society that is native to Burkina Faso. The Bwa people live in a number of individualized communities. They have no central government, and rely on their community standards. They are most known for their scarification a
African tribal wood mask. Beaded and brass decoration. Some surface wear consistent with exposure. Measures approx. 9.5 inches wide. African mask, tribal mask, tribal arts, African art, Ceremonial mask, collectibles, wall decor, wall accessories, home decor, home accessories, african mask, wood mask, beaded mask, 10 cs
Vili People of Loango; Congo or Angola region of central and east Africa, carved in a continuous spiral of figures, male and female, in various costume, some half nude, some in simple wraps, some in European dress (with derby hats), some using walking staffs, some apparently quite young, forty-six figures on a 19" tusk, very good condition.
Large and Rare Baga Wood Shoulder Mask depicting Nimba, Goddess of Fertility, with carved facial scarification, metal tacks and sight window between the breasts, represents a beautiful mother, man would wear a raffia skirt to his ankles, early 20th c, Guinea, 48" x 23" x 17". Professional repair to one leg.
Full Sized Tusk on wooden stand, carved in relief with traditional African figures, having an engraved card on the bottom "Felix Houphouet-Boigny, President de la Republique" and inscribed "Avec tout ses complements" (With all his compliments). Label reads "Presented to Professor Bruce McInnes and the Amherst Glee Club on June 23, 1972 by President Felix Houphouet-Boigny of the Republic of the Ivory Coast during the Glee Club's 1972 tour of Africa". 33" long tusk. Very good condition.
Tikar Bronze Fertility Rites Vessel with lid of a rooster holding a magic potion in its beak, to be transported from this world into the spiritual world; sixteen full-relief male and female children adorn the vessel which is heated from below, circa 1930-40, Cameroon, 33 1/2" tall, 13" diam. Use and age patina.
Important Baule Wood Carving of a Seated Queen, scarification marks raised and modeled on face and torso, pre-1930, Ivory Coast, on metal base, 48" tall, 9" x 9" at base. Good condition.
Sao Royal Horsemen from Chad, each horse with three riders, lost wax bronze castings, each roughly 18" x 13" x 3".
Rare Igbo-Ukwe Bronze Priest's Ritual Drinking Cup in the form of the Royal Leopard astride a conch shell, 5 1/4" x 8" x 3 1/2". Encrusted.
Benin Bronze Staff of Office Head, Male Figure, 18th-19th c., Lower Niger River, 6" tall, on mount. Encrusted.
Ekita-Yoruba Mask in carved and painted wood with three figures, fully modeled, facing at center is a mother with lowered slit eyes, seated in profile at each side at the top of her head are a male and female child, Nigeria, 17 1/2" x 8 1/2". Age and use patina. Male and female twins at birth are considered by the tribe to bring good fortune.
Pibud a Kwele Mask, Gabon, circa 1880, in broad lozenge form, with no mouth, small almond shaped eyes, ribbed flat nose, scarification, partial coloring with kaolin clay, on metal museum stand. 16 1/2" x 11" x 6", fantastic wear patterns, patina, kaolin transfer to interior from users face.
Senufo Carved Wood Seated Queen with libation pot on her head having bird topped lid, circa 1900-1925, Ivory Coast, 17" x 4" diam. Encrusted.
Bronze Ancestral Figures of a King and Queen, both with scarification, both sitting loose on separate chair and stool, Baule Peoples, Ivory Coast, both roughly 14" tall. Very good condition.
Benin Bronze Plaque of Hunter with Mudfish Legs Holding Two Leopards, Nigeria, 1890-1910, 7" x 4 1/2". Loss to bottom edge. The Leopard is the Oba's royal symbol of power.
Medicine Woman Fetish, Baule Peoples, Ivory Coast, hardwood with 'scarification', fine beaded necklace and belt, 23" tall, missing portion of one foot.
Nikisi Songye, Kongo Ivory Couple figurine of man and woman, seated, with arms around each other's shoulders, beautiful warm brown toned patina, 5" tall. Collected in the 1960's.
Possibly made for the Portuguese market, figural spoons of men in loincloths, broad bowls, one is slotted, having many years of use, scorched with loss to end of the solid bowl. 8 1/2" long.
Standing Figure in shadowbox frame on a cream mount with monofilament, under UV plexi, 4" figure in 8" square frame. Warega Tribe (Balega), Belgian Congo, (DRC).
Lega Bwami Katimbitimbi Society Figure, seated with one foot tucked behind the other, head tilted back, neck ornament, lightly toned patina. 5" tall. Collected in the 1960's.
Late 18th c. Benin Bronze Bell form Divination Cup with Oba's Face having projecting features and images of two snakes climbing the back of the head, Nigeria, 2 1/2" tall, 4 3/8" diam. Age patina.
Yombe Bakongo Wood Ancestral Shrine Portrait of a Kneeling Queen, 19th c., Congo, 19 1/4" tall, 5" diam. Shrinkage cracks, patina of age and use.
Yoruba Man's Vest in bright colors, beaded front and back with images of birds, snakes, fish, lizards and faces, circa 1940, Nigeria, roughly 25" x 21". Very good condition.
Regal Portrait Head of a Woman with ornate coiffure and crown depicting agrarian laborers, 8" tall. Overall shrinkage cracks, yellowed.
Lega Bwami Katimbitimbi Society Figure, 'bent over backwards', amber toned patina, 4" tall, shrinkage crack. Collected in the 1960's.
Lega Bird Head Anthropological Figure, 4" tall, tobacco brown patina. Collected in the 1960's.
Bembe-Songye mask headed figure with square beard, seated cross legged, hands on belly, 4 1/2", square beard, beautiful dark coffee colored age patina. Collected in the 1960's.
Primordial Couple seated on imago mundi stool, supported by four figures, Dogon Tribe, West Africa, 19 1/2" x 8" x 6".
Fang Ngil Mask, Gabon, finished in white kaolin clay, with indication of scarring, classic elongated teardrop form, carved of one piece, holed at edge for ground length raffia fringe, 18" tall, early repair on one cheek, interior wear from years of use. Includes oak pedestal black metal display stand.
Songye Baule Mask form figure, amber toned patina 2 3/4" tall. Collected in the 1960's.
Luba Kifwebe Bird form figure, 3", amber toned patina, crack at beak. Collected in the 1960's.
Carved and painted wood, Bobo Hornbill, Upper Volta. 48" x 11" x 6 1/2".
Kponyungo Poro Ox Mask, Senufo, Ivory Coast, Northern Africa and the Sahel, with mirrored eyes, carved wood in red and black paint, mid 20th c., 16 1/2" x 8" x 12". Snout trimmed to allow vertical mounting on (missing) baseplate. A dance mask of a protective spirit for an age graded educational association.
"Wise Men", a carved wood bas relief panel in the Yoruba tradition, signed on the top edge of the integral frame, 15 1/4" x 26". Two light scratches in the background field.
Half of an oversized cuff, not meant to be worn as it is NOT a hollow casting, rather an ingot of solid bronze, 5" x 8" x 3 1/2". Collected in the 1960's
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