2000-2010 tribal masks

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Tribal masks

Country of origin

Burkina Faso

Côte d'Ivoire

Gabon

Cameroon

Mali

DR Congo

Nigeria

Material

Wood

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Period

2000-2010

Culture

Baule

Gurunshi

Bamileke

Bozo

Fang

Mama

Punu

Punu (ou Bapounou)

Songye

Provenance

Private collection

Gallery / Antique dealer

Babanki elephant mask (Cameroon) made of wood with inlays of beads and cowries.

2000-2010 - Wood, glass pearl, Shell - Excellent condition

Rare and exceptional mask - Babanki elephant mask - Bamileke - Cameroon  (No reserve price)

The white masks of South Gabon have become one of the iconic images of African art in the 19th century. The coherence of their corpus, which is very rich, has challenged various attempts at classification, whether based on their iconographic variations or through closely related

2000-2010 - Wood - Good condition

Superb - masque - Punu - Gabon  (No reserve price)

A superb Baoulé wooden head from Ivory Coast, West Africa.

2000-2010 - wood and skin - Good condition

Great head - Baule - Côte d'Ivoire  (No reserve price)

2000-2010 - Wood - Fair condition

Bobo snake - Bwa - Burkina Faso  (No reserve price)

Funerary mask - Galoa / Galwa - Gabon.
The Galoa (or Galwas) are a Gabonese ethnic group located downstream of Lambaréné on the lower course of the Ogooué.
They are part of the Myènè group.

Their masks are not very diverse, generally round, painted in black, red, and white in

Superb mask - galoa - Gabon  (No reserve price)

This anonymous artist created at least six well-known Songye masks that share the same monumental sculptural quality and the great finesse in the execution of the striations. The main characteristics of this sculptor are the high graphic quality of his work, with clear

mask messenger - Songye - DR Congo  (No reserve price)

Superb Bozo puppet in solid wood from Mali, ideal for interior decoration.

2000-2010 - Wood - Excellent condition

Fish Marionette - Bozo - Mali  (No reserve price)

Gorgeous antelope mask, ideal for interior decoration or a collection.

Superb Antelope Mask - Gurunsi - Burkina Faso  (No reserve price)

2000-2010 - Good condition

fish - Gurunsi - Burkina Faso  (No reserve price)

Ritual mask - Yela - RDC Zaire.
The Yela live in the forests of eastern Kasai, in Zaire.

Most are farmers, cultivating bananas or cocoa trees.

In recent years, this population, heavily affected by the economic crisis, has moved to large cities, leaving the countryside deserted.

Superb mask - Let's go. - Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)  (No reserve price)

The Baoulé masks are known in African art for the fineness of their features, a mouth protruding forward, and half-closed eyes.
The top of the mask is topped with a headdress decorated with imposing braids.
The Baoulé live in the Southeast of Ivory Coast. They are part of the

Dance mask - Baule  (No reserve price)

Rabbit Puppet - Gurunshi - Burkina Faso  (No reserve price)

Masque kalao - Gurunshi - Côte d'Ivoire  (No reserve price)

NGIL MASK - FANG - GABON - MASKS OF GABON.
Practiced since time immemorial by the Fang people of the Estuaire region of Gabon, « Ngon-ntang » is an initiation rite that obeys certain ancestral principles, and as such, its followers would be guided and directed by invisible

2000-2010 - Wood, plant fibers - Good condition

Extraordinary Ngil Mask - Fang - Gabon  (No reserve price)

Superb, very ancient Zaouli mask.
The dancers of the Zaouli masks,
Masks are found in all human societies once man gains access to culture. They can symbolize gods, embody beauty and terror, or express illusion, but also calm, order, and serenity. In Black Africa, mask sculpture

Superb Mask - Zaouli - Côte d'Ivoire  (No reserve price)

Masque Agraire Mangam Masculin - Mama / Kantana - Nigeria.
Here we find the full graphic beauty of the Mama style.

The lines are smooth and minimalist, very visually impactful.


This type of mask is typically used by a group of men within the Mama village, who have the social

Magnificent Mama wooden mask - Mama - Nigeria  (No reserve price)

2000-2010 - Polychrome wood - Excellent condition

Cimier Poisson - Bozo - Mali  (No reserve price)

MASQUE KIFWEBE.
Les masques Bifwebe (kifwebe au singulier) font partie des objets de cérémonie de la société du même nom (bwadi ka kifwebe) qui joue encore aujourd'hui un rôle prestigieux parmi les Songyés de l'Est.

Les membres de cette société sont les basha masende, détenteurs

Masque Kifwebe - Songye - DR Congo  (No reserve price)

Beautiful small crocodile mask from the Gurunsi people of Burkina Faso

Crocodile Mask - Gurunsi - Burkina Faso  (No reserve price)

Les bwa sont renomés pour leurs masques soleil dont la symbolique compte de nombreux niveaux de lecture suivant le grade de chaque initié de leur société secrète.

Ici un superbe masque polychrome, ce qui est assez peu courant.

Bois dur, pigments de couleur, très belle pièce.
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Masque - Bwa - Burkina Faso  (No reserve price)

Superb Butterfly Mask - Bwa - Burkina Faso  (No reserve price)


The powdered kaolin mask, which is also traditionally used to cover women's bodies during the ceremony. The lips slightly outlined, the cheekbones, the delicate scarifications on the temples, as well as the vein of the eyes are revealed by the red of padouk. The headdress

masque - Punu - Punu (ou Bapounou) - Gabon  (No reserve price)

2000-2010 - Excellent condition

Great sun, boho mask. - Bwa - Burkina Faso  (No reserve price)

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