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Elephant Mask

Bamileke elephant mask
Located in Diest, BE
controls the right to own and wear elephant masks, and the society assists the fon, or king, as preserver
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Vintage 1950s Cameroonian Masks

Materials

Korhogo Cloth, Natural Fiber, Raffia, Beads

Bamileke elephant mask
Bamileke elephant mask
H 53.55 in W 17.72 in D 8.67 in
Babanki Elephant Mask Cameroon
Located in London, Lambeth
The use of elephant masks is considered a special privilege because the elephant is a majestic
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Mid-20th Century Cameroonian Mid-Century Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures

Babanki Elephant Mask Cameroon
Babanki Elephant Mask Cameroon
H 36.23 in W 12.6 in D 10.24 in
A Kuosi society elephant mask
Located in Amsterdam, NL
society (the elephant society) are permitted to perform elephant masquerades, symbolizing the authority
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Early 20th Century Cameroonian Masks

Materials

Cotton, Beads

A Kuosi society elephant mask
A Kuosi society elephant mask
H 54.34 in W 21.26 in D 5.12 in
Elephant Mask Handle Novelty Ice Bucket Austria Circa 1930
Located in London, GB
Elephant Mask Handle Novelty Ice Bucket Austria Circa 1930. A stunning Austrian 20th century
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Vintage 1930s Austrian Barware

Materials

Silver Plate

Cameroon Bamileke Elephant Mask dating from the early 20th Century
Located in CA, CA
This mask dates from the late 19th to early 20th Century. Bamileke elephant masks, worn by the
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Early 20th Century Cameroonian Tribal Art

Materials

Glass

Large Vintage Bamileke Elephant Mask, Cameroon, Decorative, Tribal, Circa 1930
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large vintage Bamileke elephant mask. A Cameroonian, ebonised hardwood decorative tribal
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Decorative Art

Materials

Hardwood

Ibo-Izzi, Nigeria Old ‘Ogbodo Enyi’ Elephant Mask
Located in Boven Leeuwen, NL
This mask type of the Ibo-Izzi, a subgroup of the Ibo, is actually a dance crest. The elephant mask
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Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal Antiquities

Materials

Wood

Very early Monocolor Bamileke Elephant Mask embroided with white trade beads.
Located in Leuven , BE
Bamileke Kuosi Elephant masks comprise cloth panels and hoods woven from plantain fiber over raffia
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Early 20th Century Cameroonian Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Beads, Organic Material

Old Igbo "Izzi" Elephant Mask, Nigeria, African Sculpture
By Igbo People
Located in Sharon, CT
Important mask with beautiful a patina over paint and sculpting note, heads on both sides. Acquired
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Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

1950s Spanish Elephant Head Hand Painted Papier-mâché Festival Mask
Located in Marbella, ES
Popular 1950s Spanish elephant head hand painted papier-mâché mask worn during village festivals.   
Category

Mid-20th Century Spanish Masks

Materials

Paper

French Antique Ormolu Mounted Porcelain Japonisme Style Garniture Set
Located in Los Angeles, CA
bronze elephant masks holding ring handles with their trunks. The pair of side pieces stand on gilt
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Antique Late 19th Century French Japonisme Mantel Clocks

Materials

Ormolu, Bronze

A Blue Craquelle Glaze Ceramic Table Lamp
Located in London, GB
A twentieth century vase with light blue craquelle glaze, with elephant mask handles to the neck
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Table Lamps

Materials

Ceramic

Chinese Qing Dehua White Porcelain Tripod Censer & Cover
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
associated stand dating from the 18/19th century. The small censer stands raised on three elephant mask and
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Antique 18th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain, Hardwood

A large hand decorated Indian Raj period brass Jardinière circa 1880
Located in Central England, GB
each side, there is an elephant mask head ring handle. The whole of the body is hand worked with
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Antique Late 19th Century Indian Anglo Raj Metalwork

Materials

Brass

Massive Japanese Meiji Period Bronze Vase, Late 19th Century, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
elephant head handles, late 19th century, Japan. Of baluster form and unusual size, yet still retaining
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Vases

Materials

Bronze

Antique Chinese Pair Of Famille Rose, “Cong” Form, Porcelain Vases, Qing Dynasty
Located in Bridgeport, CT
circular foot rings with squared bodies featuring exquisitely moulded elephant mask and faux loose ring
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Antique 19th Century Asian Qing Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Rose Medallion Porcelain Vase, Late Qing Period
Located in seoul, KR
, and insects with opposed elephant mask handles Period: Late Qing Dynasty(Mid-19th century) Type: Vase
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Antique 19th Century Hong Kong Qing Antiquities

Materials

Ceramic, Porcelain

Ceylonese 19th Century Carved Ebony Side Chair with Specimen Inlay Galle Distric
Located in Benington, Herts
are conceived as elephant trunks with a slight cabriole aspect to them. The knees have carved elephant
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Antique 19th Century Sri Lankan Side Chairs

Materials

Ebony

Pair of Ceylonese 19th Century Carved Ebony Side Chairs with Specimen Inlay Gall
Located in Benington, Herts
elephant masks, the trunks holding leafy branches and the faces carved with real vitality and character
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Antique 19th Century Sri Lankan Side Chairs

Materials

Ebony

Antique French Porcelain, Gilt and Silvered Brass Clock Set
Located in London, GB
they are mounted with parcel gilt and silvered elephant masks holding ring handles. The bodies of the
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Antique Late 19th Century French Chinese Export Mantel Clocks

Materials

Brass

English Regency Black Lacquered Elephant Side Table
Located in Queens, NY
carved and trimmed side table with scallop design edged top on 3 elephant mask legs. Condition
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Antique 19th Century British Anglo-Indian Side Tables

Materials

Silver Leaf

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Rare Khmer Elephant Mask Earthenware Vase
Located in New York, NY
Rare Khmer Elephant Mask Earthenware Vase Cambodian, 11th Century The rich, dark-brown drip glaze
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Cambodian Vases

Materials

Ceramic

Ganesh Mask
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Ganesha elephant head ceremonial mask. Ganesha is regarded as the remover of obstacles, the
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20th Century Indian Folk Art Masks

Ganesh Mask
Ganesh Mask
H 43 in W 20 in D 6 in
Figura Piero Silver Plated Pewter Champagne Cooler
Located in Stamford, CT
form of a circus drum supporting the bowl, with elephant mask handles. Stamp to the bottom. Made in
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20th Century Italian Modern Barware

Antique Occasional Table, Indian Teak, Carved, Coffee, Elephants, Late Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique occasional table. An Indian, solid teak carved coffee table with Elephant masks
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Antique Late 19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Center Tables

Materials

Teak

19th Century Japanese Bronze Vase
Located in London, GB
A 19th century bronze trumpet vase with elephant mask handles to the stem Signed to the
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Vases

Materials

Bronze

Old Kuba Mukenga Helmet Mask
Located in Rochester, NY
Kuba Mukenga or elephant mask of helmet form with expressive facial features. Extensively decorated
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Mid-20th Century Congolese Tribal Tribal Art

Materials

Beads

Old Kuba Mukenga Helmet Mask
Old Kuba Mukenga Helmet Mask
H 22 in W 22 in D 17 in
19th Century Blue and White Porcelain Vase Lamp
Located in London, GB
throughout, with bronzed elephant mask handles and now mounted as a lamp base.
Category

Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps

Materials

Porcelain

3-piece Indian silver tea set
By T.R. Tawker & Sons
Located in London, GB
designs. Applied, hand-chased castings include the elephant feet supports, elephant mask spouts and
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Early 20th Century Indian Tea Sets

Materials

Silver

3-piece Indian silver tea set
3-piece Indian silver tea set
H 6 in W 8.5 in D 4 in
A French Antique Brass Mounted & Porcelain Painted 3-Piece Garniture Set
Located in Los Angeles, CA
brass elephant masks on either side. Clock Movement Numbered 3007,23*2 with a star on top. Clock is
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Antique 1850s French Japonisme Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

Japy Freres Ormolu and Porcelain Oriental Antique French Clock
Located in Belper, Derbyshire
with stylised cherry branches forming the urn handles and the feet of the clock. Elephants masks are
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Antique 19th Century French Chinoiserie Mantel Clocks

Materials

Ormolu

Christopher Tucker Plaster Cast Wall Sculpture of a Woman's Torso C.1950
Located in San Francisco, CA
makeup artist who was well known to have created John Hurt’s prosthetics for The Elephant Man and Michael
Category

Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Plaster

Small Ganesha Khon Elephant Mask
Located in New York, NY
A small Khon dance drama mask of Ganesha, a Hindu deity, patron of the arts, remover of obstacles
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20th Century Thai Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Paper

Small Ganesha Khon Elephant Mask
Small Ganesha Khon Elephant Mask
H 15 in W 9.75 in D 9 in
18c. Carved Elephant Accent Table with Later Mirrored Top
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
; its spiral vase shaped pedestal column, set upon a foot carved into a quartet of elephant masks.
Category

Antique 18th Century Side Tables

Materials

Mirror, Wood

Pair of Meiji Period Satsuma Earthenware Vases
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A pair of Meiji period Satsuma earthenware vases, each with applied elephant-mask handles, painted
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Antique 1880s Japanese Meiji Ceramics

Materials

Earthenware

Elephant Trunk Mask 'Headdress'
Located in New York, NY
Elaborately trimmed with shell and hair decoration. Shell eyes. The surface is highly decorative, composed of intricately beaded geometric designs and cowrie shells. On red cloth bas...
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20th Century Congolese Mounted Objects

Materials

Textile, Raffia, Beads, Shell

Elephant Trunk Mask 'Headdress'
Elephant Trunk Mask 'Headdress'
H 13 in W 14 in D 20 in
Japanese Meiji Period Patinated Bronze Censor with Buddhist Lions
Located in Austin, TX
domed lid enclosing stylized scrolling clouds and a recumbent Buddhistic lion finial, raised on elephant
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Metalwork

Materials

Bronze

Paper Machier Elephant Mask
Located in San Francisco, CA
Wonderful painted circus elephant mask.
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Vintage 1950s American Masks

Paper Machier Elephant Mask
Paper Machier Elephant Mask
H 21 in W 16 in D 12 in
Faience Indian Pedestal
By Henry Doulton
Located in Southport, CT
panels of flowers and foliage interspaced with elephant masks, in shades of sand, blue and green
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20th Century English Planters and Jardinieres

Materials

Stoneware

19th Century Grand Tour Hanging Brass Oil Lamp
Located in New York, NY
19th century Grand Tour hanging brass oil lamp with three elephant heads, Bacchanalian masks, and
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Antique 19th Century Grand Tour Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Brass

African Mask, Royal Beaded Elephant
Located in Atlanta, GA
African royal beaded elephant mask - Bameleke Tribe, Cameroon - Fully beaded over wooden base
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20th Century Cameroonian Tribal Art

Materials

Beads

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Antique Tortoiseshell Sterling Silver Heart Photograph Frame Dated London 1897
By John Batson & Sons
Located in London, GB
Tortoiseshell and silver heart photograph frame date London, 1897 Maker Henry John Batson & Albert Edward Batson This frame is in excellent condition the tortoiseshell retains its or...
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Antique 1890s English Picture Frames

Materials

Silver

Large Antique Early 20th Century Folding Leather Picture Frame, Circa 1920
Located in London, GB
Large early 20th century folding crocodile photograph frame, circa 1920 This piece is in excellent condition and the crocodile retains its original patina. When opened it appears u...
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Vintage 1920s English Picture Frames

Materials

Crocodile

Beaded Royal Headress with Leopard Figure, Bamileke People, Cameroon
Located in Leuven , BE
The Beaded Royal Headdress is made of a palm tree fibre structure, enfolded with burlap cloth embroided with European glass beads that cover the entire object with geometric symbolic...
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20th Century Cameroonian Tribal Art

Materials

Organic Material

Antique Early 20th Sterling Silver Shell Folding Picture Frame Grey & Co 1910
By Grey & Co, Birmingham
Located in London, GB
A Stunning Antique Rare Early 20th Sterling Silver & Shell folding picture frame, by Maker Grey & Co, date Chester 1910. This is a rare superb double almost sculptural picture pho...
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Early 20th Century British Picture Frames

Materials

Sterling Silver

20th Century Art Deco Silver Mounted Decanter by Aide Brothers & Co, 1939
By Aide Bros.
Located in London, GB
A wonderful 20th Century Art Deco Decanter with a sterling silver mount collar. By Aide Brothers & Co Date Birmingham 1939. A beautiful geometric stepped design Decanter by one one ...
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Mid-20th Century British Barware

Materials

Sterling Silver

Antique Sterling Silver Decanters with Guilloche Enamel by W G Groves 1933
Located in London, GB
Antique Sterling Silver Decanters with Guilloche Enamel Lids by W G Groves 1933. A set of 4 sterling silver mounted Liquor Decanters with enamel decoration. Maker Walter Gardener Gro...
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Vintage 1930s British Crystal Serveware

Materials

Enamel

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Elephant Mask For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic elephant mask available at 1stDibs. Each elephant mask for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using beads, glass and paper. Your living room may not be complete without an elephant mask — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. An elephant mask is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Mid-Century Modern styles are sought with frequency. Many designers have produced at least one well-made elephant mask over the years, but those crafted by Igbo People are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Elephant Mask?

The average selling price for an elephant mask at 1stDibs is $2,685, while they’re typically $1,000 on the low end and $10,000 for the highest priced.