This unusual and particularly imaginative helmet like mask is from the Nsukka area, the northern part of the northcentral Igbo region in Nigeria. This region has one of the most complex and diverse mask making traditions in Nigeria.

Made of 100% wood

Model is W 33 – H 25 and weight 1.2 kg.

This mask carving originates from the Fang tribe. They were meant to protect. They are often of great aesthetic quality, which suggests that they are the culmination of a long sculptural tradition. Symbolic representations of ancestors, these comparatively rare heads hold a special place in the corpus of Fang statuary.

Made of 100% wood.

Model is W 38 - H 14 and weight  0.6kg.

This pigmented mask made of wood and kaolin represents the spirit of an ancestor and was used for social control by Ngil, the judiciary association. The facial markings, abstract features and strong. Elegant lines are typical of Fang masks, which were among the most influential.

Made of 100% Native fiber, wood and paint.

Model is W 35 - H 65 and weight 2 kg.

This beautifully carved Kwele sun figure with Kwele Sun mask, with painted geometric sun designs and traditional style face originates from the Kwele of Gabon. a great Home decor piece.

Made of 100% wood, fabrics.

Model is W 40 – H 40 and weight 0.6 kg.

This guardian Byeri figure with its voluminous head and stocky appearance, is characteristic of the Southern Fang style, in particular, the Meke-Betsi of the North and the North -West Gabon. This beautiful piece, with its elegant lines and its intense stare, offers a round trip through the art world of the twentieth century,

Made of 100% wood

Model is W 18 - H 45 and weight 1.2 kg.

This wooden reliquary figure from the Fang tribe are abstract anthropomorphic carvings. They were meant to protect. Symbolic representations of ancestors, these comparatively rare heads hold a special place in the corpus of Fang statuary.

Made of 100% wood.

Model is W 70 - H 21 and weight 3 kg.

This reliquary figure is called Ekuk means both “protective forest spirit” and “children of beete.” It displays a flat surface and often has a whitened heart-shaped face, a triangular nose, coffee-bean eyes and small or non-existent mouth. The faces is painted in white kaolin earth, a pigment associated by the Kwele with light and clarity, the two essential factors in the fight against evil.

Made of 100% carved wood, kaolin.

Model is W 21 – H 36 and weight 0.9 kg.

This ‘Gomintogo’ or ‘Hare mask’ or ‘Deer Mask’ of the Dogon, from the Bandiagara Escarpment in eastern Malimask’, represents one of the approximately 80 mask types of the Dogon.

Made of 100% wood.

Model is W 53 – H 21 and weight 3.5 kg.

This beautiful Punu mask from Gabon is called ‘Okuyi’ or ‘Mukudji. It was worn during acrobatic dances by men on stilts.

Made of 100% wood, kaolin, pigments.

Model is W 33 - H 25 and weight 1.6 kg.

Vuvi mask originate from Gabon near the border with the DRC Democratic Republic of Congo. White face masks are a classic of the peoples of Gabon. This one comes from an area of mixed influences and styles located among the Vuvi and Mitsogho people. But the present mask is more related to the Vuvi than the Mitsogho because of certain features such as the elongated form of the face and details on facial features including the large arched eyebrows going from the root of the nose to the edges. It does not have a flat white surface but has eyes and eyebrows like those of Vuvi. It has a brown band enclosing the lower lip to chin and the cap treated in a manner close Vuvi. Rest of maroon and black patina, nice harmony.

Made of 100% wood.

Model is W 39 – H 23 and weight 1 kg.

This mini figure is characteristic of the Southern Fang style, in particular, the Meke-Betsi of the North and the North - West Gabon. It is called "Eyema Byeri " or Guardian Byer". It has a voluminous head and a stocky appearance, in a sitting position, and holds with both hands the ceremonial flute So initiates, boys rite of passage among the Beti-Fang. These types of figures are recognized by the accentuated muscular reliefs of the arms and calves, as well as the rounded-shoulders and thighs (the fixation rostrum on the nsekh-byeri reliquary has disappeared).

Made of 100% wood

Model is W 20 – H 7 and weight 0.8 kg.

This light mask (late 1800s) represents the spirit of an ancestor and was used for social control by Ngil, the judiciary association. The facial markings, abstract features and strong. Elegant lines are typical of Fang masks, which were among the most influential.

Made of 100% Native fiber, wood and paint.

Model is W 48 - H 21 and weight 1.6 kg.

This type of circular pendant representing a sun refers to an ancient and complex passage of the Dogon cosmogony, at a time when light was given to men through 10 suns. It is is relatively rare in western collections. The sun symbol identification that is sometimes made seems to be foreign rather than a Dogon interpretation. 

Made of 100% Brass / Bronze

Model is W 7 – H 2 and weight 0.12 kg.

This beautiful mask called ‘Okuyi’ or ‘Mukudji, a superb classicism originating from the Punu tribe, south of Gabon. It was worn during acrobatic dances by men on stilts.

Made of 100% wood, kaolin, pigments.

Model is W 21 – H 38 and weight 1.1 kg.

Vuvi mask originate from Gabon near the border with the DRC Democratic Republic of Congo. White face masks are a classic of the peoples of Gabon. This one comes from an area of mixed influences and styles located among the Vuvi and Mitsogho people. But the present mask is more related to the Vuvi than the Mitsogho because of certain features such as the elongated form of the face and details on facial features including the large arched eyebrows going from the root of the nose to the edges. It does not have a flat white surface but has eyes and eyebrows like those of Vuvi. It has a brown band enclosing the lower lip to chin and the cap treated in a manner close Vuvi. Rest of maroon and black patina, nice harmony.

Made of 100% wood.

Model is W 36 – H 22 and weight 0.9 kg.

This pigmented mask represents the spirit of an ancestor and was used for social control by Ngil, the judiciary association. The facial markings, abstract features and strong. Elegant lines are typical of Fang masks, which were among the most influential.

Made of 100% Native fiber, wood and paint.

Model is W 32 – H 84 and weight 1.2 kg.

This elongated mask represents the spirit of an ancestor and was used for social control by the Fang Ngil, the judiciary association. An exagerated, abstract features with strong, elegant lines, typical of Fang masks, which were among the most influential.

Made of 100% wood and paint.

Model is W 22 – H 46 and weight 0.8 kg.

This Ambete (Mbete, Mbede, Mbete and Mbeti) figure originates from Kota, in the Republic of Congo near the northern frontier of Gabon and also in northern Gabon. Hands held in front of stomach, stylized relief facial features with a rectangular mouth, central crested hairdo. White pigmented surface with painted black highlights surfaces somewhat encrusted. Their fully carved figures, such as this excellent example, had a niche carved into the back for magical ingredients. The latter are thought to have a connection with the ancestor`s cult.  They are believed to function as guardians of the remains of ancestral bones housed in a separate hut in the village.

Made of 100% wood

Model is W 18 – H 66 and weight 2.5 kg.

This figure is characteristic of the Southern Fang style, in particular, the Meke-Betsi of the North and the North – West Gabon. It is called “Eyema Byeri ” or Guardian Byer”. It has a voluminous head and a stocky appearance, in a sitting position, and holds with both hands the ceremonial flute So initiates, boys rite of passage among the Beti-Fang.

Made of 100% wood

Model is W 60 – H 17 and weight 1.7 kg.

This unusual and particularly imaginative helmet like mask is from the Nsukka area, the northern part of the northcentral Igbo region in Nigeria. This region has one of the most complex and diverse mask making traditions in Nigeria.

Made of 100% wood

Model is W 33 – H 25 and weight 1.2 kg.

"Elu" mask with an expressive Bird like face and hinged jaw originates from the Ogoni tribe in Nigeria, early 20th century. Wooden face mask with hinged, movable jaw. Lower jaw portion attached to upper by narrow wooden threads on each side. Semicircular disc like ears protrude from sides of face. Scarification marks with geometrically incised designs appear on both sides of the face at outer corner of eye area. The eyes are hollow almond shaped openings. The head decoration has a raised portion, with a vertical light-painted keloid or scar mark the center.

Made of 100% light hand-carved cane wood, fiber and pigments.

Model is W 30 - H 19 and weight 3 kg.

This guardian byeri figure with its voluminous head and stocky appearance is characteristic of the Southern Fang style, in particular, the Meke-Betsi of the North and the North-West Gabon. This beautiful piece, with its elegant lines and its intense stare, offers a round trip through the art world of the twentieth century,

Made of 100% wood

Model is W 13 - H 47 and weight 1.5 kg.

A Tsogo mask is a tribal mask native to the Ogooué River basin in Gabon, especially in the south in Ngounié Province. Tsogo masks are controlled by the Bwiti men's initiation society. The masks represent supernatural beings, each type has its own name and symbolism. They are used in initiation ceremonies and share the kaolin white surface with their Gabon neighbors, the Fang, Punu and Kwele.The masks are extremely valuable to collectors of African art.

Made of 100% wood, kaolin, pigments.

Model is W 19 – H 28 and weight 0.3 kg.

Kwele masks with two large horns represent the antelope whose flesh was eaten at the end of the 'beete' ritual. The beete ritual, which lasted for a week, would open with the departure of men into the forest to hunt antelope, whose flesh, seasoned with medicines, had to be eaten at a meal at the closing ceremony. Kwele faces are usually painted in white kaolin earth, a pigment associated by the Kwele with light and clarity, the two essential factors in the fight against evil. The Kwele masks originate from the rain forests of Gabon on the western coast of Africa and are hand carved by the Bwete association. Kwele masks many with heart-shaped face, are among the most beautiful forms of African art

Made of 100% wood, kaolin.

Model is W 30 – H 40 and weight 0.6 kg.

This Fand elongated mask represents the spirit of an ancestor and was used for social control by Ngil, the judiciary association. An exagerated, abstract features with strong, elegant lines, typical of Fang masks, which were among the most influential.

Made of 100% wood and pigment.

Model is W 12 – H 124 and weight 0.6 kg.

This zoomorphic Kwele masks represent the antelope whose flesh was eaten at the end of the 'beete' ritual. The beete ritual, which lasted for a week, would open with the departure of men into the forest to hunt antelope, whose flesh, seasoned with medicines, had to be eaten at a meal at the closing ceremony. Kwele faces are usually painted in white kaolin earth, a pigment associated by the Kwele with light and clarity, the two essential factors in the fight against evil. The Kwele masks originate from the rain forests of Gabon on the western coast of Africa and are hand carved by the Bwete association. Kwele masks many with heart-shaped face, are among the most beautiful forms of African art

Made of 100% wood, kaolin.

Model is W 20 – H 52 and weight 1.1 kg.