decorative masks (5 items)
Bapende Celebration
African Beaded Male Rital Mask
Bapende Celebration, African Beaded Male Rital Mask
Kobina Asmah
This glistening mask with long horns replicates those used by Congo's Bapende people during male initiation rites. Kobina Asmah hand-carves the sese wood mask and decorates it with glass beads and... read more$87.99Artist: Kobina Asmah
Harvest Feast
Zaire wood mask
Harvest Feast, Zaire wood mask
Abubakari Alhassan
This mask of stunning beauty is reserved for the festival that celebrates the millet harvest. Abubakari Alhassan carves the sese wood mask by hand and decorates it with painted details ornately... read more$169.99Artist: Abubakari Alhassan
Pende Culture
Bearded Wood Mask in Western Pende Style
Pende Culture, Bearded Wood Mask in Western Pende Style
Christopher Nyasafo
This intriguing mask from Ghana's Christopher Nyasafo is styled after those of the Western Pende peoples, an ethnic group in the south-western Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is carved by hand... read more$157.99Artist: Christopher Nyasafo
Congo Tribal Chief
Hand Made Congolese Wood Mask
Congo Tribal Chief, Hand Made Congolese Wood Mask
Victor Yao Delanyo
Victor Yao Delanyo celebrates Congo traditions with this elegant mask, reserved for tribal chiefs, or baluba. Oval in shape, the mask features big round eyes and a half-open mouth; the expression is... read more$69.99Artist: Victor Yao Delanyo
Keeping Order
Handcrafted Congo Zaire Wood Mask
Keeping Order, Handcrafted Congo Zaire Wood Mask
Robert Nortey
This highly stylized mask represents a personage who wears a turban. Richly adorned with aluminum repoussé, its colors are red and black. "This mask is worn by the selected few in the Democratic... read more$129.99$90.99Artist: Robert Nortey