African Masks and Statues
As avid collectors of fine art and unique antiques, we also have a collection of authentic African masks and sculptures not bought in tourist shops but from a collector who actually went to jungle areas of Africa to find them. Masks for tourists are flooding the market so discriminating collectors need to be aware. Ones shown below are for serious African artifacts collectors. They are of museum quality and could be dear.
Fang, Gabon; wood, brass. Size: 11" h, 6" w, 5.25" d. In Gabon and other African subculture, reliquary figures are ...
Democratic Republic of Congo Possibly late 19th/early 20th century Wood; 19” high In historic times, stools were used as thrones ...
Late 19th/early 20th C; Baule society, Ivory Coast. 44"x 23" The Baule granary doors are important aspects of architecture ...
Songye, Democratic Republic of Congo 19th/early 20th century Wood Ht. 45” Nkishi statues are considered by the Songye not merely ...
Western Grassland, Cameroon 31” h, 18” w, 23” d Other viewsThis northern kingdom is known to be a “society of ...
Dogan-Mali; wood, matter-encrusted patina, could be close to 100 years old. Most of the African wood carvings in the West, ...
Attribute to 20th Century; Western Grasslands, Cameroon, Babanki style. Size: 63" L x 18" W x 12" H. The ...
Northwest Mali Wood with dark patina, brass sheeting The Marka, subgroup of the Mande people who live along the Niger ...
Possibly over 100 years old; present day Nigeria H. 8”, W. 7” The most renowned example of Benin art is ...
Eastern Gabon/Western reaches of the Congo The Kota tribe practices an ancestral cult known as ‘Bwete’ that was at the ...
Wood, black, red and white pigments Democratic Republic of Congo The Pende people of the Democratic Republic of Congo are ...
Punu/Lumbo , Gabon This “Okuyi” mask, a variant of the “white masks of Ogowe”, originates from the Punu/Lumbo in southwest ...
Late 19th Century Ivory Coast/Ghana 27¼” h. 9” w. 10” d. Twin births are highly symbolic and are considered to ...
Sakalava, Madagascar Probably 19th Century. (Pre colonization) Wood, beads Finely aged, encrusted, dark brown patina with areas of kaolin Spoons, ...
Eastern Songye, Democratic Republic of Congo; wood, white pigment; 17" high. Kifwebe masks were made as a means of controlling ...
Angola/Democratic Republic of Congo Wood, plant fiber The Chihongo tribe is the most popular of the Chokwe group inhabiting Angola ...
Yaure, Ivory Coast; wood with accents in blue and red; probably 60-80 years old. This mask type with a depiction ...
Dan, Ivory Coast/Liberia Wood with black patina and traces of white paint (kaolin), braided fibers The Dan tribe is a ...
Punu/Lumbo , Gabon This “Okuyi” mask, a variant of the “white masks of Ogowe”, originates from the Punu/Lumbo in southwest ...
Late 19th Century; Ivory Coast/Ghana 27¼” h. 9” w. 10” d. Twin births are highly symbolic and are considered to ...
The striated hair style of the mother and child on this figurine points to the statue being from the Senufo ...