Igala (? ) Carved Wood Helmet Mask, the stylized head with horns, pierced ears, incised geometric design on brow and nose, and wearing an amulet around the neck, (encrusted patina), ht. 17 in. Provenance: Collected from a Kuba royal family and used for ritual purposes in Mushenge, the Kuba capital; Joseph Aurelian Cornet, bequeathed to Mikoom Yemaam.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2011-09-24
African Carved Wood Helmet Mask, Igala, pierced eyes and mouth, with elaborate scarification to face and neck, incised coiffure, with kaolin painted detail, dark patina, Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2010-05-15
AFRICAN TRIBAL CARVED WOOD HELMET MASK, 20TH C., H 16", W 8":A helmet mask, adorned with scarification to each cheek, having stylized hair. Measuring H. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Dumouchelle Art Galleries
Date:
2015-03-13
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, 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 Polychrome Carved Wood Helmet Mask, Yoruba, possibly carved by Agbonbiofe of Efon-Alaye, the janus-faced Epa mask surmounted by a male equestrian figure on a Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2003-09-20
Bassa Carved Wood Helmet Mask, Sierra Leone, with elaborate multi-lobed coiffure, includes stand, (wood loss), ht. 13 in. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-01-06
Mende Bundu Carved Wood Helmet Mask, Sande Society, with stylized face, elaborate incised coiffure with relief-carved fish above the forehead and small inverted pot at Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2011-01-15
African Polychrome Carved Wood Helmet Mask, Pende, with stylized animal features, pierced slit eyes, and geometric carved edges, red, black, and white pigments, ht. 11 Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2008-05-10
African Polychrome Carved Wood Helmet Mask, Bobo, Upper Volta, highly stylized, with a small head for a finial above four openwork flanges, square pierced eyes Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2008-05-10
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
