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The Lersi hermit tradition reaches back to before Buddha when holy men visited baby Buddha. They were elderly, with long hair and beards . . and wearing tiger skins. They are most often depicted carrying malas with huge beads and with walking sticks embellished with…
Continue reading → - Item Number: M-4919
- Provenance/Origin: Ayutthaya. Circa early 1950s
- Composition: Clay, gold gilt, paint, glass
- Dimensions: 7.5" tall x 10" wide x 5" deep
- Weight: 2.5 pounds
- Price: $ 495.00 USD
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The Guro of Cote D’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) have handmade colorful masks for generations. These masks are similar to the Baule….. but the similarity ends there. The Guro (Kweni) are ancient hunters (more recently farmers) in the valley regions of the Bandama River. The daily life…
Continue reading → - Item Number: M-3536
- Provenance/Origin: Cote d'Ivoire. Post 1975.
- Composition: Wood and paint
- Dimensions: 17" tall x 6.5" wide x 4" deep
- Weight: 1.75 pounds
- Price: $ 295.00 USD
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Suku people have lived in the southwestern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (formally Zaire) since the 16th Century. Their economic source is farming but occasionally join in communal hunts. Suku’s are known for their large carved figures (e.g. fertility figures, crouching fetish figures, ancestral statues…
Continue reading → - Item Number: M-1006
- Provenance/Origin: Suku People initiation mask. Circa 1970s
- Composition: Wood, pigment
- Dimensions: 12" tall x 9" wide x 13.5" deep
- Weight: 2.25 pounds
- Price: $ 575.00 USD
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Suku people have lived in the southwestern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (formally Zaire) since the 16th Century. Their economic source is farming but occasionally join in communal hunts. Suku’s are known for their large carved figures (e.g. fertility figures, crouching fetish figures, ancestral statues…
Continue reading → - Item Number: M-7086
- Provenance/Origin: Suku People initiation mask. 1960-1970s or earlier.
- Composition: Wood, pigment, grasses/raffia
- Dimensions: 11" tall x 9" widest x 12" deep
- Weight: 4 pounds
- Price: $ 685.00 USD
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About 2.5 million Bambara people for the largest ethnic group in Mali. The Bambara Kingdom was founded in the 17th Century and reached its pinnacle by 1787. It has always been an agricultural society with cattle rearing a secondary source of food. In the northern…
Continue reading → - Item Number: M-9904
- Provenance/Origin: Marka people, northern Mali. Circa 1980s
- Composition: Wood, copper, yarn, beads
- Dimensions: Mask: 19" tall x 7" wide x 5" deep. On stand: 21.25" tall
- Weight: 4.5 pounds
- Price: $ 596.00 USD
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Living on the northwestern edge of the Ivory Coast (near the border of Burkina Faso) are the Guere. Their neighbors are the Wobe and – although separate tribes – they are often referred as the We (translated as “men who easily forgive”). According to Jean-Baptiste Bacquart’s…
Continue reading → - Item Number: M-7325
- Provenance/Origin: Cote D'Ivoire. Circa 1960s - 1970s
- Composition: Wood, metal, woven grass/raffia. Metal stand.
- Dimensions: Mask: 18+" without beard x 9" wide x 10" deep. Stand: 31.5+" tall.
- Weight: 9 pounds on stand
- Price: $ 925.00 USD
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An amazing amount of paint / detail left on this Egyptian sarcophagus mask. Carved in detailed relief, including the sensitive eyes and longer nose, typical of this period. All the detail is there and depending on the viewing angle, you can see different expressions. You…
Continue reading → - Item Number: M-4123
- Provenance/Origin: Egypt. Circa 300 - 30 B.C. Northern Egypt.
- Composition: Wood with polychrome
- Dimensions: Mask: 9" tall x 8.5" wide x 2.5" deep. CASE: 12" x 10 x 3"
- Weight: 3 pounds in case
- Price: $ 1,175.00 USD with case
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Ominous. Metallic Bronze. Horned. Hand painted accents. Great detail. Very cool. Stand not included . . . but hey, it hangs on a wall.
- Item Number: M-1814
- Provenance/Origin: Newer piece
- Composition: Designer composite resin for strength
- Dimensions: 13" tall x 8.5" wide x 6" deep (back to tip of horns)
- Weight: 1.75 pounds
- Price: $ 97.00 USD
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This high forehead, smaller face is typical of of this tiny part of Africa. Exceedingly rare, especially in this condition. Acquired from another collector in 1962, this mask has been part of my personal collection. For the Serious Collector. Stand is not included.
- Item Number: M-4017
- Provenance/Origin: Circa 1940s to 1950s
- Composition: Wood bark
- Dimensions: 12: tall x 5.5" wide x 4" deep
- Weight: 0.75 pound
- Price: $ 445.00 USD
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The solidarity of the Bakongo people has a long history based on the splendor of the ancient Kongo kingdom and the cultural unity of the Kikongo language. Founded in the fifteenth century AD, the kingdom was discovered by Portuguese explorer Diego Cao when he landed at the mouth…
Continue reading → - Item Number: M-2906
- Provenance/Origin: Yombe, Kongo Kingdom. Bokongo. Circa 1930s - 1940s
- Composition: Wood
- Dimensions: 9" tall x 5" wide x 4" deep
- Weight: 1 pound
- Price: $ 240.00 USD
