The Niger Bend | A Selection of Our Best Items |
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$1200.00 Chekko leopard mask
item #731Mali - Bamana 16 1/2", this mask is an authentic mask, having actually been made for and used in an important harvest dance ceremony in Mali. The interesting tradition of the Bamana of Mali is to make masks new every year just for the Chekko festival which takes place at harvest time. It celebrates renewal, new life, fertility and the continuity of the life of the village and the community. Please click on the image for another view of this great mask. See also item #256, another fabulous Chekko processional piece. | $1950.00 Exceptional crocodile mask
item #761Mali - Dogon 33" tall. This mask is the only one of its kind I have ever seen, in almost 30 years of traveling in Mali, buying Dogon art there. Please click on the image for a closer look. |
$1200.00 Fish top mask
item #768Mali - Bozo 30". The lives of the Bozo people are closely linked to the Niger River. This fish mask represents that association. The Bozo have not proliferated masks like many other African peoples which makes this one - the only one I have ever found - extraordinary. Please click on the image for 2 more views of this superb mask. | $1950.00 Hippopotamus mask
item #224Nigeria - Benoue Please click on the image for a views of this mask on a base. |
$4900.00 Janus style mask
item #679Nigeria - Ikiti This exceptional old mask measures 15 1/2" tall. Please click on the image for 2 other views of it. | $2500.00 Long horn bull mask with birds and hornbill
item #935Mali - Bamana 44" tall x 20" wide |
$5000.00 Old buffalo mask
item #756Burkina Faso - Bobo 19". This is the most beautiful example of this genre of mask I have ever seen. Please click on the image for two more views of it. | $1250.00 Old mask on stand
item #229Ivory Coast - Yaure This mask is from Beoumi, circa 1982. The overall mounted height is 19"; the mask itself is 11" tall. |
$1200.00 Pair of old masks
item #228Nigeria - Ibo 9 1/2" tall. This male - female mask pair would have been danced by two people together, probably by two men since women virtually never participate in mask ceremonies as dancers, even when the spirit represented is female. The price is for the pair. | $1250.00 Tall Chekko mask
item #256Mali - Bamana 50" tall. Chekko is a ceremony held once or twice a year, always at harvest time in the Fall and sometimes at planting in the Spring. There is a procession featuring masks made exclusively for the ceremony that year; after that year they are discarded. Chekko masks from one year to the next vary greatly. There is a wide variety of their designs from village to village and from year to year. Therefore this Chekko processional mask is not old, having been used for only one Chekko, but it is genuine, not made for sale. Please see item #731, another beautiful Chekko object, a mask worn in the same ceremony. Please click on the image to see another view of this exceptional object, to get a better idea of its size. |
$1250.00 Warrior mask
item #770Ivory Coast - Dan NGuere 17 1/2" tall. The people who use this mask are also known commonly as We (or Wee), Kran, Guere (or Guerre), Please click on the image for 2 more views of this powerful mask. | $3900.00 XL mounted mask
item #755Burkina Faso - Bobo 33 3/4" tall, including the base. Please click on the photo for 2 more views of this exceptional piece. |
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