2227 - kuba ceremonial helmet maskRitchies Auctioneers and Appraisers
Kuba, Zaire. Classic bomba mask used in initiation ceremonies, featuring inlaid beads around eyes, mouth and forehead. The head covered with burlap,
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2228 - dance maskRitchies Auctioneers and Appraisers
Ibo-Maje, Nigeria. Round face having rectangular eye openings, with prominent notches on face and tall flat projection from top of head. Painted red
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2230 - akuaba armless figure with beadsRitchies Auctioneers and Appraisers
Fante, Ghana. Standing figure of female with horn-like projections on head, coiled neck decorated with blue bead necklaces, and wearing coloured bead
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2231 - painted wood face maskRitchies Auctioneers and Appraisers
Igbo, Nigeria. With almond-shaped face and small eye, ear and mouth openings. Having a high forehead and dark brown eyebrow ridge, with traces of wh
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2232 - large figure with projectionsRitchies Auctioneers and Appraisers
Bambara, Mali. Comprised of nine parts, the carving depicting a two-sided female figure with prominent breasts and elongated faces decorated with nai
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 300.00 - 500.00
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2233 - polychrome wood plank dance maskRitchies Auctioneers and Appraisers
Bwa, Burkina Faso. Having a red hooked-nose projection on owl-like face. With opening for a nose between ringed eyes, on flat, black-and-white paint
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2234 - face maskRitchies Auctioneers and Appraisers
Adouma, Gabon. Having knob-like eyes surrounded by drilled holes, and Ôsmiling' mouth, with rounded cap-like coiffure and straight wide ch...
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 125.00 - 175.00
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2235 - standing wood figure of femaleRitchies Auctioneers and Appraisers
Bambara, Mali. Carved overall with geometric patterns on nude body, the arms hanging rigidly at sides, three rows of notched hair, deep-set eyes and
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 175.00 - 225.00
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2236 - Chiwara antelope figureRitchies Auctioneers and Appraisers
Bambara, Mali. Stylized body with tall ribbed antlers having hair tuft at end of each, the face highlighted with painted metal strips.
Height 106.
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2237 - tibetan maskRitchies Auctioneers and Appraisers
Fierce-looking face mask with bulging eyes, painted in red, green, blue and black, having open, fanged mouth.
Height 38 cm. (15 in.).
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 200.00 - 300.00
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2238 - mask with comb-like projectionRitchies Auctioneers and Appraisers
Yaure, Ivory Coast. Flanged mask with six vertical projections on top of head, having slits as eyes and punched triangular pattern in hair, carved fr
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2239 - Nursing mother on stoolRitchies Auctioneers and Appraisers
Fang, Ghana. Seated nude female holding breast to suckle child (deficient), having prominent corn row hairstyle, and wearing single belt of yellow be
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2240 - standing male ancestor figureRitchies Auctioneers and Appraisers
Baule, Ivory Coast. Having notched scarification marks on back, neck, forehead and cheeks, holding hands in at chest of nude body. With bearded poi
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 150.00 - 250.00
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2241 - Chiwara female antelope figureRitchies Auctioneers and Appraisers
Bambara, Mali. With tall straight ribbed antlers each having a hair tuft at tip, the main antelope figure with red pompom attached to each ear. A se
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2242 - mask representing beautyRitchies Auctioneers and Appraisers
Guro, Ivory Coast. The oval face representing beauty to the Guro people, with elaborate three-sectioned coiffure, T-shaped nose, and three protruding
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 150.00 - 250.00
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2243 - standing figure of nude maleRitchies Auctioneers and Appraisers
Kuba, Zaire. Standing on a round base, with hands resting on sides of protruding belly. Large hair mass carved at back of head, the face featuring a
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 125.00 - 175.00
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2244 - Gelede society maskRitchies Auctioneers and Appraisers
Yoruba, Benin. This headdress, worn like a cap, features the characteristically Yoruban globular eyes and traditional scarification on cheeks. Havin
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2245 - metal pipe partRitchies Auctioneers and Appraisers
Cameroon. Bronze made in the lost-wax technique, decorated with a human face and creatures having pierced rope-like bodies and prominent round ears...
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 125.00 - 175.00
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2246 - egongun maskRitchies Auctioneers and Appraisers
Yoruba, Nigeria. Egongun means ÒbonesÓ, referring to the dancers' belief that they are possessed by the spirit of the deceased when t...
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