SOLD – African Mask – Yoruba

SOLD African Mask – Yoruba Size 10″ x 12.5″ Approx The Yoruba people live in Nigeria and Benin (formerly the kingdom of Dahomey), and number nearly 24 million people. Beginning around 1000 AD, the Yoruba built a thriving network of cities and trading routes. Many of those cities survive today, and much of the original societal …

SOLD – African Mask – Yoruba Two

SOLD African Mask – Yoruba Size 9″ x 15″ Approx The Yoruba people live in Nigeria and Benin (formerly the kingdom of Dahomey), and number nearly 24 million people. Beginning around 1000 AD, the Yoruba built a thriving network of cities and trading routes. Many of those cities survive today, and much of the original societal …

SOLD – African Mask – Fang Two

Price $SOLD African Mask – Fang Two Size 7.5″ x 45″ Approx These long angular Dan masks, among the rigidly stylistic in African Art, are used for hunting ceremonies, or in storytelling by traveling entertainers. Numbering some 3.5 million, the Fang people inhabit Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon, and speak variants of the Bantu language group. …