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African Head Crest Mask
Lot: 1UnsoldAfrican Head Crest Mask, Temne, Sierra Leone, the Ode-lay society mask with Janus-head goats, the horn tips with porcupine quills inserted in gourds, (wood loss),ht. 15 1/2, wd. 14 1/2 in. more ...
Temne "Jolly" Mask
Lot: 2Sold for: $215$175Temne "Jolly" Mask, Sierra Leone, used in the Ode-lay society festivals, two polychrome wood masks on a cloth-wrapped wire foundation, (wood loss),ht. 29 x wd. 17 in. more ...
Temne Polychrome Carved Wood Crest Mask
Lot: 3Sold for: $338$275Temne Polychrome Carved Wood Crest Mask, Sierra Leone, Ode-lay society mask depicting a man astride a ferocious lion who appears to be about to eat a smaller human figure, (wood loss),28 x 16 more ...
Temne Polychrome Carved Wood Head Crest Mask
Lot: 4UnsoldTemne Polychrome Carved Wood Head Crest Mask, Sierra Leone, used in Ode-lay society festivals, a Janus mask with a female face in back of a leopard head, with another animal head on top, (wood more ...
Four Ibibio Polychrome Carved Wood Face Masks
Lot: 5Sold for: $923$750Four Ibibio Polychrome Carved Wood Face Masks, Nigeria, the superstructures including an owl with two snakes, a scorpion encircled by snakes, a kneeling woman holding two snakes, and a bird pecking more ...
Four Ibibio Polychrome Carved Wood Face Masks
Lot: 6Sold for: $984$800Four Ibibio Polychrome Carved Wood Face Masks, Nigeria, includes two masks with snake and bird imagery, one with two soccer players and a snake (damage),and one with a man holding a snake, ht. to more ...
Three Ibibio Polychrome Carved Wood Face Masks
Lot: 7Sold for: $492$400Three Ibibio Polychrome Carved Wood Face Masks, Nigeria, one with crucifixion super structure, one with two snakes entwined in the horns of a cow, and one with a female holding two snake-like more ...
Three Ibibio Polychrome Carved Wood Face Masks
Lot: 8Sold for: $492$400Three Ibibio Polychrome Carved Wood Face Masks, Nigeria, one with a squatting man holding a snake, one with a seated female figure, and one with a soccer player, ht. to 20 in. Exhibitions: Free more ...
Three Polychrome Carved Wood Ibibio Face Masks
Lot: 9Sold for: $861$700Three Polychrome Carved Wood Ibibio Face Masks, Nigeria, an Anang owl mask, one with a kneeling military man, and one with a man holding a snake, ht. to 21 in. Exhibitions: Free Library Gallery, more ...
Bundu Carved Wood Helmet Mask
Lot: 10UnsoldBundu Carved Wood Helmet Mask, Gola people, Liberia, representing an elaborate coiffure with a long rolled neck and diminutive head projecting from the top, ht. 27 in. more ...
Bundu Carved Wood Helmet Mask
Lot: 11Sold for: $369$300Bundu Carved Wood Helmet Mask, Sherbro people, Sierra Leone, with blackened surface and elaborate coiffure, includes stand, ht. 15 in. more ...
Bassa Carved Wood Helmet Mask
Lot: 12UnsoldBassa Carved Wood Helmet Mask, Sierra Leone, with elaborate multi-lobed coiffure, includes stand, (wood loss),ht. 13 in. more ...
Bundu Carved Wood Helmet Mask
Lot: 13Sold for: $584$475Bundu Carved Wood Helmet Mask, Mende, Sierra Leone, stylized female head with elaborate coiffure incorporating amulets, includes stand, ht. 15 in. more ...
Bundu Carved Wood Helmet Mask
Lot: 14Sold for: $431$350Bundu Carved Wood Helmet Mask, with raffia collar and elaborate coiffure, ht. 16 in. more ...
Bundu Carved Wood Helmet Mask
Lot: 15Sold for: $800$650Bundu Carved Wood Helmet Mask, Sierra Leone, a woman's initiation mask with five-lobed coiffure and metal detail, includes stand, ht. 15 1/4 in. more ...
Mossi Carved Wood Ladder
Lot: 16UnsoldMossi Carved Wood Ladder, Burkina Faso, 56 x 15 1/2 in. more ...
Two African Chairs
Lot: 17Sold for: $492$400Two African Chairs, the first from Tanzania with arched back, the second from the Dan people with metal strips, ht. to 17 in. more ...
Malinke Wood Chief's Chair
Lot: 18Sold for: $861$700Malinke Wood Chief's Chair, Guinea, with metal and tack decoration, 37 x 30 1/2 in. more ...
Two African Carved Wood Headrests
Lot: 19UnsoldTwo African Carved Wood Headrests, Karamajong people, Kenya, one with an aluminum handle, patina of use, ht. to 7 1/4 in. Exhibitions: The Pen and Brush Gallery, 2004, Texture and Form, the Art more ...
Ethiopian Shield
Lot: 20Sold for: $523$425Ethiopian Shield, Ormo people, the concave surface with circular decoration, patina of use, dia. 18 in. more ...
Cameroon Beaded Vest
Lot: 21Sold for: $1,722$1,400Cameroon Beaded Vest, Bamun people, beaded on indigo blue and natural handwoven cloth, geometric designs done with white and blue glass seed beads, 20 x 29 in. more ...
Mankala Carved Wood Game Board
Lot: 22Sold for: $523$425Mankala Carved Wood Game Board, with remains of red pigment, patina of long use, 26 x 5 x 15 1/2 in. more ...
Ashanti Carved Wood Stool
Lot: 23UnsoldAshanti Carved Wood Stool, with incised geometric decoration, 14 x 21 in. more ...
Ashanti Carved Wood Stool
Lot: 24UnsoldAshanti Carved Wood Stool, Ghana, with carved geometric designs and blackened in honor of a deceased owner, 14 x 20 in. Exhibitions: The Pen and Brush Gallery, 2004, Texture and Form, the Art more ...
Ashanti Brass-covered Carved Wood Stool
Lot: 25UnsoldAshanti Brass-covered Carved Wood Stool, with embossed designs including a crocodile on the seat, 18 x 12 in. more ...
Ashanti Carved Wood Stool
Lot: 26Sold for: $154$125Ashanti Carved Wood Stool, Ghana, the pedestal comprised of two books symbolizing a learned owner, (remnant black pigment),15 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. more ...
Baule Carved Wood Stool
Lot: 27Sold for: $923$750Baule Carved Wood Stool, depicting a stylized lion eating a large rodent (?),varnished surface, lg. 16 1/2 x ht. 9 1/2 in. Provenance: The Ezekial Schloss Collection. Note: Also see Robins more ...
Lozi Carved Wood Lidded Bowl
Lot: 28Sold for: $308$250Lozi Carved Wood Lidded Bowl, Zambia, with a bird on the lid and incised arrow-like designs, 12 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. Exhibitions: The Pen and Brush Gallery, 2004, Texture and Form, the Art of more ...
Dan Carved Wood Mask
Lot: 29UnsoldDan Carved Wood Mask, ht. 10 in. Provenance: Eric and Esther Fortess Collection; Ex. collection Norman Hurst. more ...
Large Baule Bush-Cow Helmet Mask
Lot: 30Sold for: $3,075$2,500Large Baule Bush-Cow Helmet Mask, with prominent teeth and backswept horns, (traces of pigment),lg. 33 in. Provenance: J.C. Leff Collection. Exhibitions: Carnegie Institute, 1959, #253; more ...