2000-2010 tribal masks

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Object

Tribal masks

Country of origin

Gabon

Côte d'Ivoire

Nigeria

Cameroon

Mali

Angola

DR Congo

Burkina Faso

Liberia

South Africa

Material

Wood

Terracotta

Shell

Condition

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Period

2000-2010

Culture

Bamileke

Punu

Fang

Igbo

Dogon

Yoruba

Baule

Bakongo

Bété.

Bozo

Punu (ou Bapounou)

Songye

Provenance

Private collection

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Superb royal bust of Bini/Edo in African bronze from Nigeria, West Africa.

2000-2010 - African bronze - Good condition

Superb royal bust - Bini/Edo - Nigeria  (No reserve price)

In African art, the Bozos are known for their pieces with bright colors.
A very beautiful example of a colorful hyena mask. The face features a spotted pattern that imitates the animal's fur.
The Bozos are a people who still remain semi-nomadic today, moving their dwellings

2000-2010 - Wood - Excellent condition

Hyena - Bozo - Mali  (No reserve price)

Reliquary guardian head from Biery - Fang - Gabon.
Among the Fang, Byeri is linked to the cult of ancestors and more precisely to the reliquaries dedicated to them.

According to Perrois, it was behind the head of the family's bed that the reliquaries, wooden effigies and

2000-2010 - Wood - Good condition

Magnificent guardian of the reliquary head. - Fang - Gabon  (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

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

The Baoulé sculpture will represent a spirit and serve to appease it. Baoulé statues of spirits or nature spirits are always seated, whereas the spouses of the beyond are always standing. The spirits of nature, Asi Asu, are distinguished by a sacrificial patina, while spirits

Masque and - Baule - Côte d'Ivoire  (No reserve price)

Superb Tsogho wooden statue from Gabon, Central Africa.

Superb mask - Tsogho - Gabon  (No reserve price)

Masque Mwana Pwo - Chokwe / Tschokwe - Angola.
The 'pwo' mask (female) or 'mwana pwo' (young woman) symbolizes the female ancestor and appears in dances conducive to fertility.

Driven by a man who mimics women's dance and teaches them the grace of manners.

The 'Pwo' mask of the

2000-2010 - wood and raphia - Good condition

Superb mask - tchokwe - Angola  (No reserve price)

Magnificent statue of the Bamiléké king during a trip in Cameroon, Central Africa.

Magnificent king's statue on a trip. - Bamileke - Cameroon  (No reserve price)

The Gelede masks are iconic cultural artifacts of the Yoruba tribe from Nigeria, particularly revered for their role in festivals and social rituals. These masks are carved from wood and painted in bright colors, often depicting human faces with varied expressions and elaborate

Helmet - Yoruba - Nigeria  (No reserve price)

This replica of a mask with powerful beauty is known as kwifibe by the Songye people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Distinguished by its black and white stripes, the mask is believed to embody supernatural forces that ward off evil. For the Songye, the use of white on

Masque songye - kifwebe - DR Congo  (No reserve price)

Monkey Zoomorphic Mask - Dogon - Mali.
The majority of the Dogon practice an animist religion that includes the ancestral spirit Nommo, with its festivals and mythology in which Sirius plays an important role.
A significant minority of the Dogon have converted to Islam, and some

Magnificent zoomorphic mask - Dogon - Mali  (No reserve price)

Fetish dog Nkisi Kongo.
Very beautiful Nkisi Kongo INkondi fetish dog was activated by the chants of the Nganga to awaken the forces, but also to cause an explosion at its feet and to drive a nail into the wood of the statue. It serves as a mediator between the world of the

Great fetish dog - Kongo - Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)  (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

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

Beaded royal head.
Terracotta, beads.
From the Cameroonian Grasslands regions, where chiefdoms surround themselves with beaded African art objects illustrating the wealth and prestige of royalty, this terracotta head is covered with thousands of multicolored beads arranged in

2000-2010 - Terracotta - Good condition

Magnificent royal pearl-decorated head. - Bamileke - Cameroon  (No reserve price)

African mask Go Gé - Dan - Côte d'Ivoire -
The variety of Dan African masks.
This superb authentic African mask, Go Gé, is adorned with a hairstyle. Used exclusively during ceremonies related to the funerals of important chiefs, it is a perfect example of the elegance of

Superb mask - Dan - Côte d'Ivoire  (No reserve price)

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)

Masque Marka Mali.
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Masque Marka Mali - Bakongo - Mali  (No reserve price)

This mask stands out as one of the remarkable examples from the small corpus of a Songye master sculptor. This anonymous artist created at least six known kifwebe masks that share the same monumental sculptural quality and the fine execution of the striations. The main

Magnificent mask - Kifwebe - Songye - DR Congo  (No reserve price)

2000-2010 - Good condition

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

This type of mask represents the ideal of beauty for an Ibo girl. It served both to celebrate femininity and motherhood and to honor the ancestors. Fertility, both agricultural and human, is a concept found in nearly all West African cultures. This beautiful Ibo mask is topped

2000-2010 - Wood - Fair condition

Magnificent mask - Igbo - Nigeria  (No reserve price)

Masque Dan Kran.
A beautiful wooden Dan Kran mask with exaggerated and grotesque features. The forehead is dome-shaped above the holes for the eyes, which are in the form of an inverted triangle. The cheeks are two semi-circular wings on the sides, and the nose is large and

Superb mask by Kran - Dan - Côte d'Ivoire  (No reserve price)

Ceremonial face mask - Grebo - Liberia / Côte d'Ivoire.
The Grebo ethnicity is located at the border of Côte d'Ivoire and Liberia.

They sculpt masks that embody the spirits of the invisible world residing in the forests.
Made by high-grade initiates, these masks appear during

Superb mask - grebo - Liberia  (No reserve price)

All Dan masks are sacred. They are not representatives of the bush spirits, but are these very spirits.
Aesthetic constants: a bulging forehead, a thin nose, a mouth carved with precision.
The Dan craft the mask with a more or less idealized woman's or child's face.
This mask

Mask - Dan - Côte d'Ivoire  (No reserve price)

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