Ethnodesign Katoyo Mask representing the "Foreigner" with headdress from Angola.

Bamileke Kuosi Elephant masks comprise cloth panels and hoods woven from plantain fiber over raffia. On this background glass beads are stitched in geometric patterns. The basic form depicts salient features of the elephant—a long trunk and large ears. The hood fits tightly over the masker's head, and two hanging panels, one behind and one in front, partially conceal the body. The front panel is the elephant trunk, and the two large, stiff circles hinged to either side of the head are its ears, which flap as the masker dances. While the mask symbolizes an elephant, the face is human. Eyeholes provide visibility, and a nose and mouth with teeth are normally present. The glass beads used on these earlier masks were nineteenth-century trade beads of Venetian or Czechoslovakian manufacture, used as well in exchange for slaves. Elephant mask costumes...

20th C Silver plated status representing arguing Roman Senator, France.

Decorative Grassland Leopard skin Mask Private collection Brussels The raffia splint is covered with cloth and colourful miniature glass beads in vario...

The Karajá people inhabit a 180-mile-long region in central Brazil, spanning the states of Goiás, Mato Grosso, Pará, and Tocantins. Currently, they reside in 29 villages throughout t...

Beautiful classic Chokwe mask genre that honours female founding ancestors. Such representations are particularly significant as the Chokwe trace the descent through the lines of their mothers. This is thought to be a dance mask with a net and wood hairstyle, from the Batshokwe people skilled in the art of carving and of very ancient origin belonging to the culture of the divine monarchy. The Batshokwe sculptors were the most famous in the region, masters in geometric decorations such as the depiction of scarifications and tooth deformations, the surfaces of their works were carefully smoothed and polished. On the forehead of the mask, the classic chinge-lyengelye scarification is clearly visible, commonly interpreted as a variant of the Portuguese cross...

Handcrafted gilt Thai Todsakhan demon mask dance headdress crown dancer costume on stand. Handcrafted in papier mâché, gilt metal and ornate with hand-cut-g...

Baule Ndoma Mask from the Ivory Coast.

Nigerian Yoruba Gelede Headdress Mask, Marionettes Which have been Danced. Offered for sale is a Nigerian Yoruba Gelede headdress mask topped with movable marionettes which have b...