African Headdresses

Bamana antelope headdress with articulated puppet figure. String through back makes arms and legs move up and down.

This attractive and ornate mask was made by the Yoruba. The base is a small, flat pyramid of wood, giving rise to a columnar neck that in turn supports the head. The face is rounded ...

A late 19th century Yoruba Gelede mask. A fine example of a male Gelede mask used in the Gelede masquerades, The Gelede masquerade is associated with the recognition of the power of...

African headdress with beaded birds on metal stand.

African Feather Headdress

Vintage Baba Nimba African Sculpture Vintage Wood Fertility Headdress.

Striking and impressive large Ejagham (Ekoi) Janus headdress. Four antelope skin covered faces and 12 scroll swirls horns attached with pegs. The wood carved form is attached to a ba...

African bronze Benin Empire leopard headdress

West African hand beaded head dress crown from Yoruba, Nigeria. This artistic beautiful and functional art piece is covered with beads in ivory, red, blue, green, yellow and black c...

With sinuous curves and reptilian form, this large wooden carving represents the Baga Snake, or Bansonyi, a protective spirit that presides over male initiation rites of the Baga peo...

A terracotta and porcelain bust of an African woman in traditional headdress, from France, circa 1940.

Striking photograph capturing the cultural essence of a young woman in an African landscape, wearing an elaborate headdress of natural bone and symbolic facial paintings in vibrant t...

20th century ceremonial African multicolored beaded hat from Cameroon.

Decorative African feather headdress in white -- JuJu Hat. Cameroon, in the style of the Bamu Tribe.

Tribal West African Bambara headdress in carved wood. The piece depicts an antelope with offspring, referred to as "Chiwara," for a mythical antelope.

vibrant orange feathered headdress, great for sculptural wall hanging.

Arresting African carved mask/headdress from the estate/collection of Gore Vidal, who was an avid collector of tribal art.

Carved wood and pigment bird form headdress from the Bamileke of Cameroon. This shows wear. There is some pigment loss and a more recent crack on the bottom edge.

Kanuri-Hausa Headdress, "burtu" Kanuri-Hausa, Nigeria Headdress, "burtu Kanuri-Hausa, Nigeria wood leather horn.

West African hand beaded head dress crown from Yoruba, Nigeria. This artistic beautiful and functional art piece is covered with beads in ivory, red, blue, green, yellow and black c...

Exotic Cameroon African headdress created by the Bamileke people. Come in pink, white, and purple.

Handmade African headdress, wonderful graphic wall hanging

A large carved wood African headdress. Wonderful detail

Keywords: Tribal, African, Sculpture, carving, animal imagery, antelope, headdress.

hand made tribal headdress from the bongo tribe in southern sudan

Beautiful feather headdress wall plaque. This is a fantastic three dimensional round art object that will create drama and interest in any room.

Beaded ceremonial helmet mask from Kuba tribe of Congo Keywords: African, Tribal, Ceremonial, Cameroon, headdress, cloth, beads, blue, red, brown, shells

Antelope African headdress mask in a wonderful hand-carved naturally aged wood, with decorated red and black dark pigmented geometric patterned patina with age.

Brilliant feather headdress from the Balimeke Tribe of western Cameroon, Africa.

African D’mba Headdress aka spirit artisanal sculpture.

A 20th century African hardwood carving of a woman wearing a headdress, circa 1930.   

Upper Cretaceous, about 70-65 million years ago (Maastrichtian) Morocco The skull is reconstructed in good proportions with fossil pieces found in a phosphate mine in Morocco. I att...

This wooden headdress was created by the Yoruba People of western Nigeria, and was worn during a masquerade known as egungun. A widespread Yoruba ritual, egungun performances honor a...

This painted limestone relief is an exquisite example of New Kingdom relief carving from the apogee of Egyptian artistic production. Carved in raised relief - a labour-intensive tech...

This extraordinary 128-piece service by Fabergé is a rare treasure in more ways than one. Enclosed in its original oak chest, the exquisite service remains complete and in pristine c...

Circa 20th Century, a pair of large antique garden statues hand carved in natural stone named Biancone d’Istria Marble. These antique natural stone statues or garden ornaments were p...

A massive pottery pair of horses standing on all fours and striding with its right hoof forward. Extended snout ends in parted lips showing teeth beneath in a braying attitude. Low r...

A truly fantastic, engaging, and uniquely made African Kota Mahongwe Hongwe Reliquary Guardian Figure/ Sculpture made by the Kota (Bakota) peoples who inhabit the northeastern region...

Carved hardwood mummy mask having a pink-brown painted ground, painted black eyes and brows. Wearing a black headband. Eyes and brows are restored. Scattered highpoint paint wear, ot...

Early Yoruba offering bowl in the from of a male figure with a beard riding on horse back surrounded by four small attendants, finely carved with nice patina from native use. Probabl...

We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare one of a kind Pauly CIE Et stamped hand carved walnut armoire made by the genius that was Moses Michelangelo Guggenheim 1837-1910 W...

A massive pottery horse with separately made head and tail, standing on all fours and striding with its right hoof forward. Extended snout ends in parted lips showing teeth beneath i...

A Grand Tour Centre Table The Top Attributed to Cesare Roccheggiani The carved gilt wood base in the manner of George Smith having four monopedia supports, each depicting leopards h...