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African Dan Passport Family Mask - Carved Wooden Mask from West Africa
Located in Chicago, IL
Created and used from the late 19th century into the 20th century, Dan passport masks served as personal talismans with spiritual connection and as portable identification symbol rep...
Category
Early 20th Century Liberian Tribal Masks
Materials
Wood
Vintage African Hardwood Mask - Hand Carved - Signed
Dated - Circa 1988
Located in Chatham, ON
Vintage hand carved hardwood African mask - signed and dated verso 'GERMAN 1988' - Namibia (likely) - circa 1988.
Excellent vintage condition - no loss - no damage - minor opening o...
Category
Late 20th Century Namibian Folk Art Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Hardwood
Geometric Barmbara Sukuru Animal Mask with horns, teeth, Mali, West Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Geometric Barmbara Sukuru Animal Mask with horns, teeth, from Mali, West Africa. Inserted wood teeth, abstract face with open eyes, with raised eyebrows and framed face. Old native...
Category
Mid-20th Century Malian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
$3,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Impressive Collection of African Carved Wood Masks on Tall Custom Iron Stands
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Very impressive trio of hand carved African masks majestically displayed on custom tall iron stands in varying heights.
Stands have bases that are 12” x 12”
Tallest sculpture 86”
Mid...
Category
1990s Mozambican Rustic Mounted Objects
Materials
Iron
Kumu Wood Mask Orange/Faded White Quadrant or Maniema Region DRC Congo Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early to mid century danced light wood mask from the Kumu or Maniema region, Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa with face divided into four opposing quadrants with orange and trace...
Category
Mid-20th Century Gabonese Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
African Dan Passport Family Mask - Carved Wooden Mask from West Africa, Liberia
Located in Chicago, IL
Created and used from the late 19th century into the 20th century, Dan passport masks served as personal talismans with spiritual connection and as portable identification symbol rep...
Category
Early 20th Century Liberian Tribal Masks
Materials
Wood
African Dan Passport Family Mask - Carved Wooden Mask from West Africa, Liberia
Located in Chicago, IL
Created and used from the late 19th century into the 20th century, Dan passport masks served as personal talismans with spiritual connection and as portable identification symbol rep...
Category
Early 20th Century Liberian Tribal Masks
Materials
Wood
African Dan Passport Family Mask - Carved Wooden Mask from West Africa, Liberia
Located in Chicago, IL
Created and used from the late 19th century into the 20th century, Dan passport masks served as personal talismans with spiritual connection and as portable identification symbol rep...
Category
Early 20th Century Liberian Tribal Masks
Materials
Wood
Rare 18 Karat Gold Leaf Embossed Etching After Georges Braque L
Oiseau d
Or
By Georges Braque
Located in Surfside, FL
Embossed print after Braque, based on his sculpture by the same name.
Embossed in the print paper is "'Cephale', Hommage aux bijoux de braque, or fin 23 carat, sculpt heger de Lowen...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Gold Leaf
Adam Fuss Mask by Adam Fuss and Peter Lamborn Wilson, 1st Ed Exhibition Catalog
Located in valatie, NY
Adam Fuss: Mask by Adam Fuss and Peter Lamborn Wilson. Published by Baldwin Gallery, 2005. 1st Ed hardcover with slipcase exhibition catalog. The photograms ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Books
Materials
Paper
African Futurist Pink Mask Created by Bomber Bax
Located in Milano, IT
Unique African mask created by the artist Bomber Bax.
The mask dates back to the early 1900s and was subsequently worked on and painted in late 2022 by the artist.
The artist used ...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Congolese Futurist Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
$2,375 Sale Price
20% Off
Horned Antelope Human Dark Wood Mask Dan People Ivory Coast Africa Open Eyes
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Carved blackened wood horned antelope - human mask Dan People Ivory Coast, Africa. Two vertical horns probably representing a young antelope, large open round eyes and projecting li...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ivorian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
A fine Kuba Mask - Rustic African Folk Art
Located in Skien, NO
Ngaady aMwaash Mask. African Antique Folk Art Kuba Mask, originating from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Property from a Private Collection. Acquired by a Norwegian Collector...
Category
Antique 19th Century Congolese Folk Art Antiquities
Materials
Softwood
Buffalo Mask
Black-Gold
By Lladro
Located in New York City, NY
Porcelain sculpture inspired by spectacular traditional African masks. Handcrafted in porcelain, this creation combines the magic of African masks, the striking presence of a powerfu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
$3,550
Very Large Fierce Dan Guere We Mask With Tusks Ivory Coast Africa ex Fearing
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Very large fierce Dan Guere or We mask from the Ivory Coast Africa ex Fearing collection.
Strong mask with recessed slit eyes, projecting carved wood tusks which frame face, large w...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ivorian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Vintage African Tribal Bottle Opener and Corkscrew Set England, 1960s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A set of vintage brass bar items - a corkscrew and bottle-opener. With African masks or faces.
The bottle-opener is marked England and number 958. The corkscrew is marked Made in Eng...
Category
Vintage 1960s German Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Metal
Strong Marka Antelope Human Mask Wood with Metal, Mali Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Strong Marka antelope - human wood mask with metal, Mali Africa. Large square open eyes, long nose with horizontal lips, three projecting brass metal braids ending with feathered cl...
Category
Mid-20th Century Malian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Large Fierce Dan Guere We Mask Hair Tusks Ivory Coast Africa ex Fearing col.
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Large fierce Dan Guere or We mask from the Ivory Coast Africa ex Fearing collection.
Strong mask with open tubular eyes, projecting carved wood tusks, open mouth with teeth, and att...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ivorian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Pair of West African Baga Nimba Carved Fertility Mask Sculptures
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Amazing pair of imposing West African Baga Nimba fertility shoulder mask sculptures or statues carved from teak. The headdresses depict busts of women on fo...
Category
20th Century Guinean Tribal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Tin
Guere Mask from Cote d
Ivoire Africa with Sotheby
s Sticker
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Guere wood mask with paint and fiber remnant from We people displayed on a metal stand. The We people (also known as the Krahn or Guere) are an indigenous African people that inhabit areas in nowadays eastern Liberia and western Côte d'Ivoire. Their material culture shares many aspects with the neighboring Dan tribe. Like the Dans, the We use a wide variety of masquerades, which hold important regulatory position within their small, egalitarian communities. Masks are owned by families and used by individual lineage members in contexts of social control, ritual ceremony and entertainment. This type of Guere mask, however, has a distinct fearsome character. The ferocious design with jagged facial expression, bulging tubular eyes are intended for use in mediations between community members, as visual aids during moral lessons, as well as forms of entertainment. By portraying the more frightening nature of the animal, the mask is viewed as powerful and may have been used as part of social control methods prior to the introduction of Western law systems during the colonial period.
The mask on offer, based on our examination, appears to be an original one that was used natively instead of reproduction made for the tourist market. The surface presents apparently genuine patina consistent with use. The red paint that highlights the eyes and gapping mouth also appear original. There are small losses flanking the nose ridge by the eyes, extensive surface accretion, remain of some fiber tassels. The back of the mask reveals chisel marks from hand tools and importantly, stain marks that were likely from repetitive contacts from the nose of the wearer.
The mask is 9" in height, and it retains an old Sotheby’s catalog...
Category
20th Century Ivorian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Rare Gabon Mask From Tsogho Peoples with Character, Central Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early and rare mask from Gabon, Central Africa, created by the Tsogho peoples. Powerful large mask with carved open eyes, and black painted eyes above, below heavy carved eyebrows. ...
Category
Early 20th Century Gabonese Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Early Round Wood Yela M
Bole Mask DRC Congo Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early to mid century danced light wood round mask from the Yela or M'bole people, Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa. Finely carved mask with carved raised eyes and diagonal scarif...
Category
Mid-20th Century Gabonese Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
African Guinea Late 20th Century Carved Wood Baga Rearing Snake on Metal Stand
Located in Queens, NY
African Guinea Contemporary (Late 1990s) carved wood iconic Baga sculpture titled Rearing Snake depicts a serpent representing the spirit A-Mantsho-nga-Tshol, painted green and whi...
Category
20th Century African Tribal Animal Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Early Afikpo Stylized Geometric Mask, with Long Face Nigeria, West Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early finely carved African Afikpo mask with stylized geometric abstract long face.
From Nigeria close to the Cross River.
From an old collection in the Southwest.
Overall dimensi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Nigerian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
$3,960 Sale Price
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Lion Mask (black-gold)
By Lladro
Located in New York City, NY
Porcelain creation inspired by traditional African masks. Lion Mask now joins the Fierce Portraits collection, a series of creations that translate the traditional art of African tri...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
$3,750 / item
Large Vintage 3.3 Feet Tall African Hand Carved Wood Wall Masks, Set of Three
Located in Bochum, NRW
Set of 3 vintage hand-carved wood African wall masks, richly decorated with intricate tribal motifs and totemic animals (scorpion, salamander, owl).
Unusual hand painted in shades o...
Category
1990s Ghanaian Tribal Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Colorful Acrylic Modern Primitive Portrait by Edward Lewis
By Edward Lewis
Located in Pasadena, CA
Born in Rollis, Minnesota, the Colorist Edward R. Lewis enjoyed a long career as a painter, prolific in watercolor, oil, and acrylic. He also dedicated his life to teaching the arts and spent the majority of his artistic career as an art professor holding positions at Sioux Falls College, Sioux Falls, South Dakota; and at Central Missouri State University (now the University of Central Missouri) in Warrensburg, Missouri. His vibrant canvases often ask the viewer to make a quantum leap...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Fine Portrait Mask Tall Hair Design Baule People Ivory Coast Africa ex Fearing
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Fine portrait kpwan mask with tall braided hair design, dark to black patina, from the Baule People Ivory Coast Africa, ex Fearing.
Well carved features, curved slit eyes, open mout...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ivorian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
African Helmet Mask
Gelede
from Yoruba Nigeria
Located in San Francisco, CA
Blacked wood helmet mask (Gelede), large human head surmounted by a dog eating a snake which curves around the head. No perforation for attachment to costu...
Category
20th Century Nigerian Tribal Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Fang-Style African Painted Mask
Located in Chicago, IL
Light masks like these represented the spirit of an ancestor and were used for social control by Ngil, the judiciary association. The facial markings, abstract features and strong, e...
Category
Mid-20th Century Gabonese Tribal Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Wood
"Fern Cut Out" Lithograph in by Henri Matisse
By Henri Matisse
Located in San Diego, CA
Gorgeous "Fern Cut Out" lithograph by Henri Matisse, circa 1970s. This piece is from Matisse's revered "Cut Out Series" created in 1953 and meticulously edited by Nouvelle Images in...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Metal
Wabi-Sabi Sculptural Assemblage: African Mitsogo Mask and Tofu grinder base
Located in London, GB
Wabi-Sabi Assemblage: Tofu Grinder Sculpture with Mitsogo Mask
Indonesia & Gabon, Early 20th Century
This striking sculptural assemblage unites two objects from different tradition...
Category
Early 20th Century Indonesian Organic Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Wood
African Futurist Silver Mask Created by Bomber Bax
Located in Milano, IT
Eccentric African mask and unique piece created by artist Bomber Bax. Rare and unique piece made by the artist. The mask dates back to the early 1900s and was processed and painted i...
Category
2010s Italian Futurist Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
$2,375 Sale Price
20% Off
African Cote dVoire 20th Century Wood
Brass Do Society Ligbi Hornbill Mask
Located in Queens, NY
African Cote dVoire 20th Century carved wood Do Society Ligbi hornbill mask in bird form with eye and mouth slits, a long overlapping beak and inlaid decorative brass strips with a ...
Category
20th Century African Tribal Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Brass
Classic Bete Mask With Moustache Curving Tusks and Tacks, Ivory Coast, Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Dark wood mask from the Bete peoples, with curving moustache, curling tusks by mouth, and curved horns on top. Open mouth with tongue and metal tacks, Ivory Coast, Africa. Good dark...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ivorian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Roberto Cavalli S/S 2005 heavily beaded tribal mask corseted dress
By Roberto Cavalli
Located in Rome, IT
• 1 of 1 piece, runway sample
• One shoulder tan silk dress
• Internal boned corset
• Heavily embroidered and embellished with beads, stones, crystals and pearls
• African tribal mas...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Evening Dresses and Gowns
$9,501 Sale Price
20% Off
Helmet Crest Ngoin Mask from Cameroon Africa
Located in Atlanta, GA
This Helmet Crest mask is categorized as a “Babanki” style Ngoin mask from Northwestern provinces of Cameroon circa first half of 20th century. In part of highland area called “Camer...
Category
20th Century Cameroonian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Africa, Original Poster from Samaritaine Exhibition Paris - African Art - Framed
Located in Encino, CA
Original Poster issued during the exhibition consecrated to "The Africa(s)" in Paris in 2000 in the famous department store " La Samaritaine"
Titled " AfriqueS Je vous aime, meaning AfricaS I love you. Framed.
Beautiful shot combining two representations of the African...
Category
1990s French Posters
Materials
Paper
Lladró Owl Mask in Black and Gold by José Luis Santes
By José Luis Santes, Lladro
Located in New York City, NY
Porcelain piece inspired by traditional African masks with a bold, contemporary and modern design of great decorative power. A collection that brings together three different animals...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Urbano Zaccagnini Italian Ceramic Bowl in the Style of Picasso Mask Face Pottery
By Pablo Picasso, Urbano Zaccagnini
Located in St. Louis, MO
Unique Mid-Century Modern Urbano Zaccagnini white and brown signed ceramic bowl with intaglio relief of African abstract mask in the style of Pablo Picasso ceramics. Urbano opened hi...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Clay
African Nigeria Epa Helmit Mask with Provenance
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Epa helmet mask, Nigeria, Africa.
Fully carved mother and child; painted red and black with touches of white;
Provenance: The Children's Museum of Indianapolis; The Eiteljorg Mu...
Category
Vintage 1950s Nigerian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Large African Wooden Baule Kple Kple Tribal Mask, Ivory Coast, Mid 20th Century
Located in Odense, DK
This large African Baule Kple Kple tribal mask from the Ivory Coast, crafted in the mid-20th century, is a striking embodiment of traditional craftsmanship and cultural significance....
Category
Mid-20th Century Ivorian Tribal Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Wood
African Bird Magic (Sokoke Scops-Owl and Okuyi Mask)
By Yinka Shonibare
Located in London, GB
Yinka Shonibare
African Bird Magic (Sokoke Scops-Owl and Okuyi Mask), 2024
Screenprint with archival pigment print on Somerset Satin Enhanced 330gsm paper
74 x 60 cm - Paper
60 x 48 ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment, Screen
Mblo
Gba Gba
Dance Mask, Baoulé People, Ivory Coast, Mid 20th Century
Located in CA, CA
Finely carved with detailed naturalistic features and adornments, this black lacquered and patinated wooden dance mask was made by the Baoulé people of the Ivory Coast during the mid...
Category
Mid-20th Century African Tribal Art
Materials
Hardwood
A Dancing Mask by Dan Tribe Africa 1930
s
Located in HYÈRES, FR
A Dancing Mask by Dan Tribe Africa 1930's
Beautiful patina.
This mask was probably worn for ritual dances.
Old traces of paint on the raffia
Report : Base is not included
Category
Vintage 1930s Ivorian Tribal Art
Materials
Raffia, Wood
Baoulé portrait mask, carved wood, lacquer and pigments, circa 1940, Africa.
Located in Nice, Cote d
Azur
Baoulé portrait mask,
carved wood, lacquer and pigments,
circa 1940, Africa.
Height 29 cm, width 17 cm, depth 14 cm.
Category
Vintage 1940s African Modern Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Early Ghost Like Kumu Mask With Kaolin Open Eyes Mouth Teeth Congo Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early Ghost Like Kumu Mask With Kaolin Open Eyes Mouth Teeth, Congo, Africa
It is in good condition with wear, polish and erosion from traditional use, appropriate for its age, use,...
Category
Mid-20th Century Congolese Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
18/1900s A Fine Bena Lulua Mask - Primitive African Folk Art
Located in Skien, NO
Antique Bena Lulua Mask
Late 1800s to Early 1900s – Democratic Republic of the Congo
This striking primitive folk art mask hails from the Bena Lulua people of the Democratic Republi...
Category
Early 20th Century Congolese Folk Art Antiquities
Materials
Softwood
$2,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Paul Colin, Original Art Deco Poster, African Oceanic Art, Punu Mask, Moai, 1930
By Paul Colin
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Art Deco poster of African and Oceanic inspiration depicting a Punu mask from Gabon and a monumental Moai statue from the Easter Islands.
Paul Colin (27 ...
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Posters
Materials
Paper
20th Century, Carved Wood Nafana Bedu Plank Mask, Tribal Art, Decorative Object
Located in Odense, DK
An authentic large wooden “plank” mask from the Nafana people of West Africa, mid-20th century. Hand-carved with bold geometric forms and stylized facial features, this piece was tra...
Category
Mid-20th Century African Tribal Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
The Three Wisemen, Experimental Mixed-Media Art, African American Artist
By Bai (Carl Karni-Bain)
Located in New york, NY
The Three Wisemen, 2022 by Carl Karni-Bain (Bai) is a contemporary mixed-media fabric work. The piece 3 wisemen, portraits on watercolor paper, are painted with oil sticks, charcoal, acrylic paint, and layers of fabric. The piece is installed in a clear plexi shadow box. The 46" x 42" work is mounted on archival board and installed in a clear acrylic box frame: 48" x 44” depth: 2”
A one-of-a-kind work. Provenance: artist's studio
In the artist's words:
"I have been painting faces and figures throughout my career as they are part of an ongoing journey of which neither I nor the viewer will ever tire. The foundation for my portraits comes from the African Mask. As a child, I remember the visual impact it had on me and remains strong in my retained memory to this day. The mask forces a response from the viewer, whether a primitive or contemporary response." ~Carl Karni-Bain (BAI)
*****
Artist's Bio:
For three decades BAI (Carl Karni-Bain) 1959- has exhibited regularly in the San Francisco Bay Area, North Carolina, and New York City. As an artist in over two dozen international art fairs since 2003, BAI has garnered an audience worldwide. In 2013 Thelma Golden, Director of The Studio Museum...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Fabric, Digital, Charcoal, Pastel
JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT - Charles The First. Skate Decks Pop Urban Art Design
By Jean-Michel Basquiat
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Jean-Michel Basquiat - Charles The First
Date of creation: 2024
Medium: Digital print on Canadian maple wood
Edition: Open
Size: 80 x 20 cm (each skate)
Condition: In mint condition...
Category
2010s Pop Art More Art
Materials
Wood, Digital
$807 Sale Price
20% Off
HAIRry OLD (Harold) - Collage, 21st Century, White, Portrait, Framed, Pop Art
By Raluca Arnăutu
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
HAIRry OLD (Harold)
Collage on paper
(Signed on reverse. Framed)
15 7/10 H × 11 4/5 W in
40 H x 30 W cm
The collage consists of fabric and faux fur pieces, as well as from painted p...
Category
2010s Pop Art Mixed Media
Materials
Paper
Kholuka Yaka Mask, DR Congo
Located in Paris, FR
Kholuka Yaka Mask, DR Congo.
Wood, basketry, textile, raffia.
Typical African mask of the Yaka in the south of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Kholuk...
Category
Early 20th Century Congolese Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Textile, Raffia, Wood
"Nude with a mask"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
This painting, executed in an expressive style, depicts a woman holding a carnival mask, evoking both historical and artistic references, particularly the use of African masks, famou...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Lladró Mandrill Mask in Black and Gold by José Luis Santes
By José Luis Santes, Lladro
Located in New York City, NY
Porcelain piece inspired by traditional African masks with a bold, contemporary and modern design of great decorative power. A collection that brings together three different animals...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Lladró Tiger Mask in Black and Gold by José Luis Santes
By Lladro, José Luis Santes
Located in New York City, NY
Porcelain piece inspired by traditional African masks with a bold, contemporary and modern design of great decorative power. A collection that brings together three different animals...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Large Abstract Modernist Monterey Series Mixed Media Monotype Colorful Painting
By Terence La Noue
Located in Surfside, FL
Terence La Noue was born in Hammond, Indiana in 1941. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1964. After going to Berlin as a Fulbright Meister Student ...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Monotype
Carved Africian Wood Ceremonial Mask On Custom Stand
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A strongly carved mask, likely Baule Tribe, on custom iron display stand. With fine serene features, scarification on the forehead, delicately carved hair and surmounted by two forwa...
Category
Mid-20th Century African Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Back to Source : We All from Africa. Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting
By Sax Berlin
Located in Brecon, Powys
A gripping piece referencing our mitochondrial roots. Berlin has created an image that is simultaneously urban jungle graffiti and African tribal mask. It would enhance any space an...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
