African Carved Wood Helmet Mask, Pende, the hollowed form with native repaired ridge at bottom, small protruding mouth, stylized rectangular nose, stylized ears, and coiffure, pierced coffee bean eyes with arched eyebrows, fire blackened features, traces of red pigment, (cracks, damage to nose end), ht. 10 1/4 in.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2001-09-15
African Carved Wood Helmet Mask, Upper Volta, Bobo (?), the heavy wood form with stylized facial features, central crest coiffure, small round pierced eyes, perforated Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2007-09-23
African Carved Wood Helmet Mask, Gabon, Fang, the tapered form with four relief-carved heads with heart-shaped faces, with pyro-blackened projections above, (wood loss, cracks), ht. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2008-05-10
African Carved Wood Helmet Mask, Mende, the hollowed helmet in the form of an elaborate coiffure surmounted with a long lobed neck and small head Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2001-09-15
African Carved Wood Helmet Mask, Senufo, the "firespitter" mask with long toothy muzzle, backswept pointed ears, central crest, pierced mouth for sight, (encrusted patina, cracks Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2003-01-11
African Carved Wood Helmet Mask, Yoruba, with pierced eyes, scarification marks, wearing a bowl-shaped hat, traces of Kaolin, (wood loss, cracks), ht. 8, lg. 12 Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2004-05-22
African Carved Wood Helmet Mask, Pende, the hollow form with carved ridge at the bottom, stylized nose, ears, and coiffure, arched brows above slit coffee Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2003-01-11
African Carved Wood Helmet Mask, Bassa, pierced at the rim for attachments, with three relief-carved faces, each with concave face, crescent-shaped eyes, and scarification marks Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2002-05-11
African Carved Wood Helmet Mask, Pende, the hollowed form with carved ridge at bottom, stylized faceted nose, stylized ears and coiffure, arched eyebrows, pierced slit Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2001-09-15
African Carved Wood Helmet Mask, Yoruba Epa, the stylized head surmounted with a stylized animal, red pigment, traces of kaolin in details, ht. 26 in. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2011-09-24
African Carved Wood Helmet Mask, Mende Bundu, with fat rolls at neck, compressed face, and elaborate ridged coiffure, fiber attachments at the bottom, dark patina, Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2011-09-24
