Tanzania Mask
1950's Nyamwezi Mask With Inserted Wooden Teeth, Tanzania
Located in London, GB
This finely carved Nyamwezi mask displays a powerful facial expression, with small rounded eyes and
Category
Mid-20th Century Tanzanian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Powerful Scarified Makonde Portrait Helmet Mask Tanzania, Early 20th C Africa
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Powerful Scarified Makonde portrait helmet mask from Tanzania. Early 20th century with heavy dark
Category
Early 20th Century Tanzanian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
$1,560 Sale Price
20% Off
H 9.5 in W 9.5 in D 11 in
Powerful Makonde Portrait Helmet Mask Lip Plug Tanzania Early 20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
bones in the form of a finely carved helmet mask, with attached hair on top from Tanzania, East Africa
Category
Mid-20th Century Tanzanian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
$1,000 Sale Price
33% Off
H 9.5 in W 8 in D 10 in
Striking Makonde Animal Helmet Mask, Dog or Hyena, Tanzania, Early 20th C.
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Striking Makonde animal helmet mask, dog or hyena, Tanzania. Early 20th century with dark patina
Category
Early 20th Century Tanzanian Tribal Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
$1,400 Sale Price
20% Off
H 10.5 in W 8 in D 10.5 in
Hand Carved Wooden Makonde Mask from Mozambique, Tanzania, circa 1950s
Located in New York, NY
Hand carved wooden Makonde Mask From Mozambique, Tanzania Circa 1950s. Mozambican Makonde masks
Category
Mid-20th Century Mozambican Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Makonde Mask Helmet, Africa, Early 20th Century
By Makonde People
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
Makonde helmet mask , Tanzania, Africa, early 20th century. Woman's face with a lip plug. The young
Category
Early 20th Century Tanzanian Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
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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
Exceptional Makonde Mask on Stand
By Makonde People
Located in 3 Oaks, MI
Incredibly expressive and very simple Makonde carved wood mask on stand.
Great wear and subtle
Category
Early 20th Century Tanzanian Tribal Tribal Art
Vintage Well Carved Maconde Helmet Mask, Mozambique or Tanzania Mid 20th C
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
This expressive Maconde Helmet mask from Mozambique or Tanzania (the Maconde people live in both
Category
Mid-20th Century Mozambican Tribal Masks
Materials
Wood
Nyamezi Mask from Tanzania
Located in Long Island City, NY
Nyamezi mask from Tanzania.
Category
20th Century Tanzanian Mounted Objects
Materials
Steel
WOOD AFRICAN MASK
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A VERY SIMPLE AND INTERESTING WOOD AFRICAN MASK MOUNTED ON A LUCITE FRAME.
Category
20th Century Tanzanian Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood, Paint
CEREMONIAL WOOD AFRICAN MASK WITH BIRD
Located in Los Angeles, CA
GREAT LONG AFRICAN MASK WITH AND EXOTIC BIRD ON TOP.MOUNTED ON LINEN AND WOOD CARVED FRAME.
Category
20th Century Tanzanian Decorative Objects
African Fertility Body Mask, Wall Hanging
Located in Stow on the Wold, GB
A wonderful fertility body mask dating from the mid-20th century. Hand sculptured from wood and
Category
20th Century Tanzanian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Makonde Tribal Belly Mask
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Belly mask used in ritual coming of age dances.
Category
20th Century Tanzanian Masks
Makonee Body Mask
Located in Los Angeles, CA
the body plate represents the agony and beauty of childbirth. it has an almost greenish patina within the darkness of the wood.
Category
Early 20th Century Tanzanian Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
Torso/mask
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Makonde body mask Tanzania - fertility piece
Category
Antique 19th Century African Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
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African Tribal Statue Osseyba or Reliquary Figure Kota Mohongwe Peoples Art
Located in Miami, FL
A fantastically hand-crafted piece by the Kota (or Bakota) tribe who are located in the northeastern region of Gabon. This figure, which is a Mahongwe reliquary figure as exhibited w...
Category
Early 20th Century Gabonese Tribal Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Copper
$3,200
H 25.75 in W 7 in D 5.5 in
Mid-20th Century Globular Vessel, Mangbetu People, D. R. Congo
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Mid-20th Century Globular Vessel, Mangbetu People, D. R. Congo
An unusually large and striking non-figurative vessel from the Mangbetu people, comprised of six lobes joined to a c...
Category
Mid-20th Century Congolese Tribal Urns
Materials
Ceramic
Weathered Archaic Bambara Wood Mask Fragment, Mali, Africa, Early 20th C.
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Add a piece of African history to your home. This is large and evocative of ancient times and ceremonies. Weathered wood mask fragment, Bambara people, Mali, Africa, late 19th-early ...
Category
Early 20th Century Malian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
$1,795
H 14.75 in W 7 in D 5.5 in
Expressive Early Classic Cubist Dan Mask Early 20th Century Liberia, ex Sothebys
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Expressive early classic cubist Dan mask with refined expressive look, narrow open eyes and mouth and fine line scarification marks around outside of face. Created early 20th century...
Category
Early 20th Century Liberian Tribal Masks
Materials
Wood
$9,500
H 9.5 in W 5.75 in D 3.75 in
Tribal Style Songye Kifwebe Mask, D. R. Congo
Located in Point Richmond, CA
This graphic Songye Kifwebe mask has fine carved lines curved over the eyes and diagonal lines radiating from the nose and mouth in classic Kifwebe form. Mid-20th century mask from t...
Category
Late 20th Century Congolese Tribal Masks
Materials
Wood
Poto African Iron Sword, Congo Africa on Stand
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Poto African sword, Congo Africa on stand.
A forged iron sword with fine incised design, inlaid brass dots, overlaid brass strips, finely carved wood handle with deep patina. Some c...
Category
Early 20th Century Congolese Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wrought Iron
Strong Cubist Lobi Standing Figure One Arm Out Ghana, Africa Early 20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Finely carved large geometric figure from the Lobi, of Ghana and Burkina Faso, dating from the early to mid-20th century. It has a captivating intense gaze and one arm folded on ches...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
$956 Sale Price
50% Off
H 22.5 in W 9 in D 4 in
African Tribal Yoruba, Nigeria Rider Figure Offering Bowl Early 20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
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...
Category
Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wool
$1,400 Sale Price
28% Off
H 10.5 in W 6 in D 6 in
Fang-Style African Painted Mask
Located in Chicago, IL
Light masks like these represented the spirit of an ancestor and were used for social control by Ngil, the judiciary association. The facial markings, abstract features and strong, e...
Category
Mid-20th Century Gabonese Tribal Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Standing Akan Ghana Tribal Female Figure Early 20th Century Africa, Black Hair
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Akan, Ghana, shrine figure, a standing female figure with black hair and details, remains of white pigment, with arms out holding a bottle, includes custom metal base. Probably a fig...
Category
Early 20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Wood
$971 Sale Price
35% Off
H 15.5 in W 5 in D 5 in
Japanese Signed Waka-Onna or Ko-Omote Wood Carved Noh Theater Mask, Showa 1900s
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful, wonderfully crafted, alluring mask made for Japanese Noh theater.
This mask is handcrafted and hand-carved from natural wood and signed/sealed by the maker on the under...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Masks
Materials
Wood, Paint
$995
H 8.5 in W 5.5 in D 3 in
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 rectangular shape surmounted by a crescent shape moon, the middle with beautiful geom...
Category
Early 20th Century Burkinabe Primitive Masks
Materials
Wood
Old Copper Coins of Congo, Africa / Rare Objects / Folk Art/20th century
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is an old African coin.
Before paper money and money were in circulation, bartering was taking place in Africa.
Various goods such as textiles, feathers, beads, and shells wer...
Category
20th Century Congolese Other Tribal Art
Materials
Copper
$1,300
H 8.67 in W 9.65 in D 4.81 in
Antique African Carved Toma Landai Tribal Ceremonial Mask Guinea Art Horns
Located in Dayton, OH
Early antique hand carved Toma or Landai mask from Guinea, Africa. “These brooding, often quite large, masks represent a forest spirit, Landai. Masks like these were used by the men'...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal Masks
Materials
Raffia, Hardwood
$1,500
H 39 in W 9.5 in D 7 in
Carved Wood African Headdress on Later Iron Stand
Located in Buchanan, MI
Carved wood African headdress on later iron stand.
Category
20th Century African Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Hand-Carved Wood Tribal Mask from Atoni Tribe Timor
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This very flat mask originates from the Atoni people of Timor, featuring two very small eye holes. For the Timorese people masks portray both male and female ancestors, worn by warri...
Category
Early 20th Century Indonesian Other Masks
Materials
Wood
$725
H 9.65 in W 6.7 in D 0.02 in
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Find many varieties of an authentic Tanzania mask available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood and paint, every Tanzania mask was constructed with great care. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect Tanzania mask — we have versions that date back to the 20th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. When you’re browsing for the right Tanzania mask, those designed in styles are of considerable interest. You’ll likely find more than one Tanzania mask that is appealing in its simplicity, but Makonde People produced versions that are worth a look.
How Much is a Tanzania Mask?
Prices for a Tanzania mask start at $438 and top out at $14,000 with the average selling for $1,750.
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