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Old african mask in wood polychromed with leader and whelks
By Nicolas Africano
Located in Rio De Janeiro, RJ
old and big african mask in wood, leader and whelks
Category

Antique Early 1900s Cameroonian Decorative Art

Materials

Driftwood, Bog Wood

Very Important “Nwantantay” African Dance Mask
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Very important “Nwantamtay” dance African mask, consisting of three sections: The upper in plain
Category

Early 20th Century Burkinabe Primitive Masks

Materials

Wood

African Chokwe Wood Hand Carved Folk Art Initiation Ceremony Ancestral Mask
Located in Studio City, CA
A very engaging mask by the Chowke (Tchokwe) tribe of Southern and Central Africa who today reside
Category

Antique 19th Century Angolan Masks

Materials

Wood

African Nafana Bedu Large Moon Plank Zoomorphic Geometric Wood Sculpure Mask
Located in Studio City, CA
design and quite monumental in size - among the largest masks in Africa. The masks are believed to
Category

20th Century Ghanaian Masks

Materials

Wood, Paint

Expressive Early Classic Cubist Dan Mask Early 20th Century Liberia, Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Expressive early classic cubist Dan mask with refined expressive look, narrow open eyes and mouth
Category

Early 20th Century Liberian Tribal Masks

Materials

Wood

Powerful Early Classic Cubist Wood Standing Bobo Fing Figure Africa Ex J. Willis
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Powerful early cubist carved wood standing female figure from the Bobo-Fing of Burkina Faso, Africa
Category

Early 20th Century Liberian Tribal Masks

Materials

Wood

Old Igbo "Izzi" Elephant Mask, Nigeria, African Sculpture
By Igbo People
Located in Sharon, CT
from an old private collection. An almost identical mask was exhibited in "African Art from New Jersey
Category

Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

African Mask Makonde
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Beautiful African Mask from Mozambique, Makonde Tribe, from around 1965, the mask has a great old
Category

Vintage 1960s Mozambican Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

African Mask Makonde
African Mask Makonde
H 13.78 in W 8.67 in D 10.63 in
Old African Songye Female Kifwebe Wall Mask with Expressive Face Large Sized
Located in Torquay, GB
Large sized Songye Female Kifwebe mask from The Congo circa 1920s. Traditionally, the Kifwebe mask
Category

Early 20th Century Congolese Tribal Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Old Pende giwoyo Red Mask with Beard and Woven Raffia Hair Cap Congo Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Old Pende giwoyo mask with red pigments, black and white beard with carved triangles and woven
Category

Mid-20th Century Congolese Tribal Tribal Art

Materials

Organic Material, Wood

Early Afikpo Stylized Geometric Mask, with Long Face West Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early finely carved African Afikpo mask with stylized geometric long face. From Nigeria close to
Category

Mid-20th Century Nigerian Tribal Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Geometric Barmbara Sukuru Animal Mask with horns, teeth, Mali, West Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Geometric Barmbara Sukuru Animal Mask with horns, teeth, Mali, West Africa. Inserted wood teeth
Category

Mid-20th Century Malian Tribal Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Magical Barbara Antelope Mask Mirrors Seeds Cowries Mali, Africa ex Willis
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early carved wood antelope mask, with many horns, applied glass mirrors, cowries and seeds. Old
Category

Mid-20th Century Malian Tribal Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Carved Wood Miniature Baule Mask of Bush cow Stand Ivory Coast Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Old carved miniature mask by the Baule of Ivory Coast, West Africa, representing a bushcow with
Category

Early 20th Century Ivorian Tribal Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Painted Ibibio Polychrome Face Mask with Figure on Top, Nigeria Africa colorful
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Fine Painted Ibibio Polychrome Mask with Figure on Top, Nigeria Africa. Expressive small figure on
Category

Early 20th Century Malian Tribal Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Ancestry, female figure refers to African ancestry masks, dark, patterns, text
By Audrey Anastasi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Ms.Anastasi's older work, this new iteration of charcoal and pastel portraits of women from life employ overlaid
Category

2010s Assemblage Mixed Media

Materials

Acrylic, Mixed Media, Adhesive

Early Ibibio Mask Fragment, Dark Red Face, Expressive Eyes, Early 20th C Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
on a custom metal stand. Old insect damage/erosion to proper right hair and side of face. Mask 10.75
Category

Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Mossi Mask
Located in London, GB
Very old authentic Mossi mask from Burkina Faso On a professional customised metal stand
Category

Early 20th Century Burkinabe Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Mossi Mask
Mossi Mask
H 22.84 in W 6.3 in D 4.73 in
Ibibio Mask from Nigeria
Located in London, GB
IBIBIO MASK Nigeria Wood Early 20th Century Provenance: - ex Helmut Zake (1918-1995
Category

Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Ibibio Mask from Nigeria
Ibibio Mask from Nigeria
H 7.88 in W 4.73 in D 4.73 in
"Senufo Dance Mask - Ivory Coast, " Wood Carved Mask created circa 1940
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This ceremonial mask was created by an unknown Senufo artist from the Ivory Coast. It depicts an
Category

1940s Other Art Style Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Dogon Mali Carved Wood Ceremonial Mask, Early to Mid 20th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
hands to mouth. The mask has wonderful old remnants of blue paint found in various areas. This African
Category

Mid-20th Century Malian Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

'African Queen' Shona stone sculpture signed by Chenjerai Chiripanyanga
By Chenjerai Chiripanyanga
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'African Queen' is an original opal serpentine stone sculpture signed by the contemporary
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Stone

Monumental African Baga Bansonyi Wood Serpent Snake Sculpture on Stand
Located in Studio City, CA
A monumental, very tall, quite engaging African Bansonyi serpent snake sculpture/ headdress/ mask
Category

Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood, Paint

Carved Wood Miniature Baule Bush cow Mask Stand Ivory Coast Early 20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Old carved miniature wood mask with traces of red and green pigment, from the Baule people of Ivory
Category

Early 20th Century Ivorian Tribal Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

HAIRry OLD (Harold) - Collage, 21st Century, White, Portrait, Framed, Pop Art
By Raluca Arnăutu
Located in Berlin, DE
a wide-open mouth and big eyes remind of African masks images. Because of the face caring at the
Category

2010s Pop Art Mixed Media

Materials

Paper

New Modern Centrepiece in Marble Creator Matteo Cibic Stock
By Matteo Cibic
Located in Milan, IT
ancient faces of tribal sculptures, masks and idols. With – Homage – he conjures African Art embraced by
Category

2010s Italian Modern Centerpieces

Materials

Marble

New Modern Centrepiece in Marble Creator Matteo Cibic Stock
New Modern Centrepiece in Marble Creator Matteo Cibic Stock
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H 4.73 in W 13.78 in D 23.63 in
Mid Century Cubist Oil Painting of Woman with Flowers in Style of Jacques Villon
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful mid century cubist figurative of older woman with flowers and basket in style of Jacques
Category

1960s Cubist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Linen

Reaching (bronze hand)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
(August 4, 1923 – August 9, 1997) was an African-American artist, art collector, professor, and curator in
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Guitare sur un guéridon by Pablo Picasso
By Pablo Picasso
Located in New Orleans, LA
scheme and style of painting. It was around 1907 that Picasso became very influenced by African masks and
Category

20th Century Post-Impressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Gouache, Board

The Magician homage to revered sculptor 18 Color silkscreen Signed, official COA
By Thelma Appel
Located in New York, NY
African mask - a nod to his native South Africa and the African art and culture that inspired him
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Pencil, Screen, Graphite

Estocado, Scenes de Corrida
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Missouri, MO
nineteen, he made his first trip to Paris. There he studied the Old Masters* and Classical* sculpture and
Category

1950s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Statue Songye, Kneeling Male Figure, Democratic Republic of Congo
Located in Cotignac, FR
figures are held in The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Royal Museum for Central Africa in Tervuren
Category

Mid-20th Century Tribal Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Statue Songye, Republic of Congo, Misangu Glass Beads & Chiefly Raffia Skirt
Located in Cotignac, FR
Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Royal Museum for Central Africa in Tervuren. Acting as a mediator between
Category

Mid-20th Century Tribal Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Namesek (50) Turkana, Kenya, Silver Gelatine, Photography, Contemporary
By Jan C. Schlegel
Located in Munich, DE
"Essence" A portrait from the back of an old Massai warrior in Kenya. He's holding a spear. Silver
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Platinum

Leboo (52), Massai, Kenya Silver Gelatine, Photography, Contemporary
By Jan C. Schlegel
Located in Munich, DE
"Essence" A portrait of an old Massai warrior in Kenya. He's wearing a hat of fur and holds a spear
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Platinum

Tunzala (65), Turkana, Kenya, Silver Gelatine, Photography, Contemporary
By Jan C. Schlegel
Located in Munich, DE
"Essence" A portrait of an old woman of the Turkana tribe in Kenya. She is holding a stick and a
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Platinum

'Notorious Leader' original stone sculpture by Shona artist Nigel James
Located in Milwaukee, WI
sculpture, a mask-like face of a man, takes joy and pride in the texture of the stone itself: one half of
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Stone

Olekibo, Suri, Ethiopia, Silver Gelatine, Photography, Contemporary
By Jan C. Schlegel
Located in Munich, DE
and the appearance of sharpness, each Negative is sandwiched with a traditionally made unsharp mask
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Platinum

Alitash (9), Hamer, Ethiopia, Silver Gelatine, Photography, Contemporary
By Jan C. Schlegel
Located in Munich, DE
sandwiched with a traditionally made unsharp mask. Highlight masks are used to increase highlight details in
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Platinum

Nakoro (13), Suri, Ethiopia, Silver Gelatine, Photography, Contemporary
By Jan C. Schlegel
Located in Munich, DE
appearance of sharpness, each Negative is sandwiched with a traditionally made unsharp mask. Highlight masks
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Platinum

Narjop (19), Himba, Namibia, Silver Gelatine, Photography, Contemporary
By Jan C. Schlegel
Located in Munich, DE
, each Negative is sandwiched with a traditionally made unsharp mask. Highlight masks are used to
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Platinum

Mukangumbi, Himba, Namibia, Silver Gelatine, Photography, Contemporary
By Jan C. Schlegel
Located in Munich, DE
the appearance of sharpness, each Negative is sandwiched with a traditionally made unsharp mask
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Platinum

Raila (13), Turkana, Kenya, Silver Gelatine, Photography, Contemporary
By Jan C. Schlegel
Located in Munich, DE
sandwiched with a traditionally made unsharp mask. Highlight masks are used to increase highlight details in
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Platinum

Biwa (44), Kara, Ethiopia, Silver Gelatine, Photography, Contemporary
By Jan C. Schlegel
Located in Munich, DE
appearance of sharpness, each Negative is sandwiched with a traditionally made unsharp mask. Highlight masks
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Platinum

Nale (18), Suri, Ethiopia, Silver Gelatine, Photography, Contemporary
By Jan C. Schlegel
Located in Munich, DE
sandwiched with a traditionally made unsharp mask. Highlight masks are used to increase highlight details in
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Platinum

Azizi, Rendille, Ethiopia, Silver Gelatine, Photography, Contemporary
By Jan C. Schlegel
Located in Munich, DE
sandwiched with a traditionally made unsharp mask. Highlight masks are used to increase highlight details in
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Platinum

Ekri (41), Kara, Ethiopia, Silver Gelatine, Photography, Contemporary
By Jan C. Schlegel
Located in Munich, DE
unsharp mask. Highlight masks are used to increase highlight details in most of his prints. Nothing is
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Platinum

Hembinda (19), Himba, Namibia, Silver Gelatine, Photography, Contemporary
By Jan C. Schlegel
Located in Munich, DE
sandwiched with a traditionally made unsharp mask. Highlight masks are used to increase highlight details in
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Platinum

Minhphu, Turkana, Kenya, Silver Gelatine, Photography, Contemporary
By Jan C. Schlegel
Located in Munich, DE
unsharp mask. Highlight masks are used to increase highlight details in most of his prints. Nothing is
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Platinum

19th Century Bacongo Nail Fetish
Located in Edinburgh, GB
inches Approximate age: 100 years (+/- 7) old confirmed by the Museum of Arts and Science, Milan
Category

Antique 1880s Congolese Tribal Masks

Materials

Wood

19th Century Bacongo Nail Fetish
19th Century Bacongo Nail Fetish
H 10.5 in W 4 in D 4 in
Makonde Mask, Tanzania East Africa, Early 20th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Makonde mask, Tanzania, East Africa early 20th century Dimension: 23 x 15 x 25 cm Dimension with
Category

Early 20th Century Tanzanian Tribal Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Very Large Strong Expressive Cubist Dan Mask Early 20th Century Liberia, Africa
Located in Santa Fe, NM
A very large old Cubist Dan wood mask with strong expressive look, angular cheeks, with powerfully
Category

Early 20th Century Liberian Tribal Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Two Nudes
Located in Des Plaines, IL
later famously became inspired by African masks, and incorporated them into his screenprints, as in his
Category

20th Century Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Mid-20th Century Fang Mask from Gabon
Located in Edinburgh, GB
, Dimensions: H 30cm x 20cm or 11.8 x 7.9 inches. Approximate age: 50-60 years old. This mask is a gem for
Category

Vintage 1960s Gabonese Tribal Masks

Materials

Wood

Mid-20th Century Fang Mask from Gabon
Mid-20th Century Fang Mask from Gabon
H 11.82 in W 7.88 in D 6.3 in
Early Hardwood Pende Dance Mask Early 20th Century DR Congo African Tribal Art
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Finely carved hardwood mask from the Pende people of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Expressive
Category

Early 20th Century Congolese Tribal Masks

Materials

Wood

Early 20th Century Snake Man Mask
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century Snake Man Mask We share what we love, and we love this early 20th century hand
Category

Vintage 1930s African Folk Art Masks

Materials

Natural Fiber

Early 20th Century Snake Man Mask
Early 20th Century Snake Man Mask
H 17 in W 24 in D 10 in
African Dance Mask
Located in Wilton, CT
Powerfully carved African dance mask from an old Manhattan collection. Very time worn surface
Category

Vintage 1940s Nigerian Tribal Tribal Art

African Dance Mask
African Dance Mask
H 13 in W 5.5 in D 1.65 in
Bamana Antelope Mask, Africa, Early 20th Century
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Very old African carved wood head crest in the form of a long horned antelope with a very long
Category

Early 20th Century Malian Primitive Animal Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Mende Bundu Sande Society Womens Helmet Mask Sierra Leone, Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Mende Bundu or Sowei mask of the Sande Society, Sierra Leone, Africa, early 20th century. The only
Category

Mid-20th Century Sierra Leonean Tribal Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

Early Bassa Wood Mask, Ex James Willis, Early 20th Century, Liberia, Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
before that. A great, old mask on custom base from Liberia, Africa. Measures: Mask 9 1/2", on stand 14".
Category

Early 20th Century Liberian Tribal Tribal Art

Materials

Wood

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Old African Masks For Sale on 1stDibs

There is a range of old African masks for sale on 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, paper and metal, all old African masks available were constructed with great care. Find 44 antique and vintage old African masks at 1stDibs now, or shop our selection of 4 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished furniture. There are all kinds of old African masks available, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. industrial, folk art and modern old African masks are consistently popular styles. Many old African masks are appealing in their simplicity, but Patrick Fitzgerald, David Hicks and Igbo People produced popular old African masks that are worth a look.

How Much are Old African Masks?

Old African masks can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $1,850, while the lowest priced sells for $348 and the highest can go for as much as $495,000.