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A CHOKWE MASK, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
With a large domed forehead, in the centre of which a large cruciform design is carved, the face with protruding eyes with horizontal slits, surmounted by high-arching eyebrows, the mouth in a grimace with teeth visible, the mask has a large fibrous wig, 24cm high.
£600-800
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A MAMBILA FIGURE, NIGERIA/CAMEROON
The figure wears a smock, standing with bent knees, with the right arm raised to the highly stylised moon face with facial features in raised relief, 22.5cm high.
Footnotes: The Mambila inhabit the border between Nigeria and Cameroon, much of Mambila art is thought to be associated with the cult of ancestors and the seasons.
£400-600
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TWO MENDE HELMET MASKS, SIERRA LEONE
Both of typical form with V-shaped faces and a heavy brows surmounted by an elongated foreheads, with intricate linear and geometric incised hair, with thick neck rings, 36.1cm & 38.4cm high, (2) Footnotes: Such masks are worn in the Sande female society by their senior members and have connotations of beauty, good health and prosperity.
£800-1,200
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A MENDE HELMET MASK, SIERRA LEONE
With a typical V-shaped face and a heavy brow surmounted hair indicated by incised diamond shape pattern, wearing a large headdress, the neck rings with remaining blue and white pigment, 46cm high.Footnotes: Such masks are worn in the Sande female society by their senior members and have connotations of beauty, good health and prosperity.
£300-500
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A STONE NOMOLI FIGURE, SIERRA LEONE
With a stylised squat body, the figure is depicted in a crouching position with the arms meeting across the chest, with the large head tilted upwards, ovoid eyes and pursed lips, 17.1cm high.
Footnotes: The origin of these figures is largely uncertain but they have been associated with various ancient legends of Sierra Leone, some attribute them as being representations of disgraced angels banished to earth by the gods, another suggestion is that they represent ancestor chiefs and kings.
£200-300
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A BAMBARA CHIWARA DANCE HEADDRESS, MALI
A dance headpiece, this is a fine example of a female Chiwara, with the mother antelope stylistically depicted with tall straight horns and her infant standing on her back, The horns, heads and manes of both animals are decorated with geometric zig-zag shapes, thought to represent the movement of the sun in the sky, the mother with a tuft of raffia on her muzzle, 80.6cm high.
Provenance: Deaccessioned from the Museum of African Art, Washington D.C. 1971-1972.
Footnotes: These headpieces were worn in ceremonies to celebrate the sowing of crops and the harvest.
£400-600
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A STONE NOMOLI FIGURE
With a stylised squat body, the figure is depicted standing on stumpy legs with the arms meeting across the chest, 21cm high.
Footnotes: The origin of these figures is largely uncertain but they have been associated with various ancient legends of Sierra Leone, some attribute them as being representations of disgraced angels banished to earth by the gods, another suggestion is that they represent ancestor chiefs and kings.
£100-200
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