Price: $1,700 African Wood Sculpture Size: 10″ x 27″ Approx Offered at $1,700 Make Offer – Ask Question Extremely low offers will not be considered. Please do not make offers if you are not serious about buying this item. An October Gallery ArtPro will respond to you as soon as possible. If you prefer a …
SOLD African Mask – Cowrie Shells Punu Size: 7″ x 12″ Approx A Punu-Lumbo mask is a tribal mask native to the Ogooué River basin in Gabon, especially in the south in Ngounié Province. The masks are extremely valuable to collectors of African art, and have been sold at Sotheby’s for well over $400,000.The earliest …
SOLD African Mask – Fang Size 6″ x 38″ 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. Fang …
SOLD African Mask – Dan Two Size 8.5″ x 17″ Approx Dan masks have a typically high forehead, pouting mouth and pointed chin. They may also have scarification marks like the line that splits the forehead and nose in our example above. Dan masks are carved in wood and stained with a brown dye. Dan …
SOLD African Mask – Kwele Two Size 12.5″ x 12.5″ Approx The Kwele believe in witchcraft and blame all their personal and social ills on its influence. The Kwele protect themselves against the power of witchcraft with the ‘beete’ ritual. The ‘beete’ is a ritual that involves purification by the spirits who are represented in the …
SOLD African Mask – Punu Four Size 9″ x 13″ Approx The Punu people of the east African nations of Cameroon, Gabon and the Congo produce some of the most strikingly beautiful masks in all of African art. The white faces of many Punu Masks are intended to ward off evil spirits and witches- and the tall …
SOLD African Mask – Punu Three Size 9″ x 13″ Approx The Punu people of the east African nations of Cameroon, Gabon and the Congo produce some of the most strikingly beautiful masks in all of African art. The white faces of many Punu Masks are intended to ward off evil spirits and witches- and the tall …
SOLD African Mask – Rasta Size 8.5″ x 13.5″ African Masks from the Rasta. The Rastafari movement is a religion which worships former Ethiopian regent and emperor Haille Salassie as the second coming of Christ. It originated in Jamaica in the 1930’s and coincided with Selassie’s heroic efforts to defend his homeland against the aggressions of Benito …
SOLD African Mask – Dogon Size 9″ x 13″ The Dogon are an agrarian people of about 600,000 who live in the west African country of Mali and Burkina Faso. The Dogon are among the most famous iron workers in Africa. In earlier times, Dogon craftsmen had perfected methods of refining iron ore into steel, …
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 …
Price SOLD African Mask -Igbo Two Size 10″ x 14″ Approx The Igbo people number about 8 million and live primarily in Nigeria. This hand-carved wooden mask from the Igbo Back to Art for Sale
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 …
SOLDTable Tray Wood – GhanaSize 3′ L Approx It is obvious that cylindrical pole sculpture can develop from any long-shaped material, not necessarily from wood. An excellent variant is the ivory elephant-tusk. It is clear, too, that if an artist wants to retain the unity of a slender unbroken line in his sculpture, working from a …
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. …
SOLD African Mask – Ironwood Size 7.8″ x 21.5″ Approx Back to Art for Sale