Mid 20th century tribal masks

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Tribal masks

Country of origin

DR Congo

Côte d'Ivoire

Burkina Faso

Nigeria

Angola

Mali

Cameroon

Gabon

Material

Wood

Copper

Brass

Animal hair

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Good condition

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Period

Mid 20th century

Culture

Chokwe

Kuba

Sénoufo

Pende

Fang

Baule

Akan

Bambara

Bembe

Bobo

Senufo

Songye

Indigenous object name

Adu Zatua

Provenance

Private collection

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Old dance mask from Congo/Angola, made of wood with textile. It was used in rituals. Finely carved and with a beautiful patina.

Mid 20th century - Wood - Good condition

Chokwe - DR Congo  (No reserve price)

Old wooden mask from the NGBAKA sam from the Équateur Province in DR Congo. Carved with the gouge (herminette). Typical of the NGBAKA people are the scarifications on the forehead and nose. See photos.
Materials: wood, pigment, kaolin.
Mid-20th century.
Good condition. With

initiation mask - NGBAKA - DR Congo  (No reserve price)

1950s, or earlier, brought from the colonial era, with a dry patina.

Masker - Yaka Kwango - DR Congo

Traditional Lovale mask of the Chokwe from Angola.

Height : 27 cm.

This Chokwe Luena mask is dated from the mid or second part of the 20th century and comes with a certificate of authenticity.

Traditional Lovale mask of the Chokwe from Angola.
The mask presented belongs to the

Mid 20th century - Good condition

African Chokwe Lovale mask - Angola

Angola, wood, fibers, partridge-feather. The Chokwe use masquerades to communicate with their ancestors and ask them to guide, protect, and educate the living. The feathered headdress, red color, scarification patterns, and teeth of this male mask evoke wisdom, leadership, and

Mid 20th century - Wood, headdress - Good condition

Splendid Chokwe mask - Chokwe - DR Congo

The Dan (or Yacouba) are a West African people, mainly spread across Côte d’Ivoire and Liberia. They are renowned for their mask art, which plays a central role in their initiation rites, their healing ceremonies, and in the transmission of moral and social values within the

Mid 20th century - Excellent condition

Bird mask - Dan Maou - DR Congo

The Markha masks, produced by the Muslim group of Mali and Burkina Faso that has adopted the customs of their Bamana neighbors, are highly crafted ritual masks. They display a pronounced nasal bridge — the nose being, among the Bamana, the symbol of sociability — and a central

Mask - Markha - Burkina Faso

A superb ancient Chokwe mask, crafted according to traditional canons, very primitive and presented with its original hairstyle, an element that has become rare once pieces have truly lived and circulated.

The whole piece exudes an immediate presence: a long, slender face,

Mwana Pwo Mask - Chokwe - Angola

Buffalo mask, probably from the 1950s-1960s, French collection, authentic. The right horn has an old repair, see photos. Not a copy!

Mask - Bwa/Bobo - Burkina Faso

Small oval-triangular mask with enormous painted eyes, one White and the other red, with protruding truncated cones for pupils, pierced and painted in colors opposite to those of the eyes. These eyes occupy almost the entire mask, except for an open, perforated mouth showing the

Mid 20th century - Polychrome wood - Good condition

Ibibio - Nigeria

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Mask - Kuba - DR Congo  (No reserve price)

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Based in Belgium, our appraisal and sales house specializes in African art and ethnography. A benchmark seller on Catawiki for more than 8 years, we benefit from a solid reputation and a track record of several hundred sales with an

Mask - Dan - Côte d'Ivoire

The Metoko (or Mituku) masks originate from the southeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the Metoko people, descended from a legendary migration of the Lega, live around the Bukota cult. Carved in wood, they feature parallel lines engraved to recall tribal

Rare mask - Metoko - DR Congo

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Mask - Senufo - Côte d'Ivoire

This Pwevo mask, equivalent to the Pwo mask of the Tshokwe, represents a female ancestor. The.
hairstyle, consisting of long, fine braids of plant fibres dyed blue at the front and parted down the middle in accordance with the fashion of the time, is an innovation of the 1930s.

Luena - DR Congo

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Mask - Chokwe - Angola

The Pende Mbangu African masks come from the Pende people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and belong to a category of masks known as “illness” masks.

These carved wooden objects, often polychrome with a strong contrast between white and black areas, stylize a face

Mbangu's epileptic mask - Pende - DR Congo

The Gouro (or Guro) masks come from the central-southern Mande group of Ivory Coast, along the Bandama River. They belong to secret societies such as Gyé or Dyé and are strictly reserved for men; women must hide when they are worn. Their iconography blends several zoomorphic

Mblo portrait mask - Gouro Baoulé - Côte d'Ivoire

Rare Janus-Cimier mask of the Ekoi, Nigeria, 1st half of the 20th century – circa 1940–70,

The Ekoi-speaking peoples (Anyang, Boki, Ejagham, Keaka and Yako) live in the southeastern Cross River region of Nigeria and in Cameroon, and are best known for their skin-covered masks,

Mid 20th century - Wood, antelope leather, willow wicker - Good condition

Janus crest mask - Ekoi - Nigeria

It is a helmet mask with a broad, rounded forehead and slightly sunken cheeks. Some sources claim that it is.
The head of a pygmy. In fact, it could be that the character corresponds to a specific member.
of the Chwa pygmies—one of the numerous pygmy groups of hunter-gatherers.

Mid 20th century - Wood, Copper, Brass, Animal hair - Good condition

Kuba - DR Congo

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Mask - Markha Bambara - Mali

The face of this mask, completely whitewashed except for a few blue strokes around.
The eyes, ears and mouth are reminiscent of the white masks of Ogoue in Gabon.
The mask, taking into account African colour symbolism, represents the spirit of.
a returned deceased, a rare theme

Mid 20th century - Wood - Fair condition

Northern Bayaka - DR Congo

In this mask, the Lumangu 'hairline' is a flat, raised strip with traces of white pigment; below, the forehead is covered by a sheet of copper and the rest of the face with nailed copper plates; the forehead is very rounded above large trapezoidal eyes, separated by a rounded

Mid 20th century - Wood, Copper, Basketry balls - Fair condition

Mufu Mukinka - Salampasu - DR Congo

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