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12 Bassa Carved Wood Helmet Mask, Sierra Leone, with elaborate multi-lobed coiffure, includes stand, (wood loss), ht. 13 in. $400-600
13 Bundu Carved Wood Helmet Mask, Mende, Sierra Leone, stylized female head with elaborate coiffure incorporating amulets, includes stand, ht. 15 in. $400-600
14 Bundu Carved Wood Helmet Mask, with raffia collar and elaborate coiffure, ht. 16 in. $400-600
15 Bundu Carved Wood Helmet Mask, Sierra Leone, a woman’s initiation mask with fivelobed coiffure and metal detail, includes stand, ht. 15 1/4 in. $400-600
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16 Mossi Carved Wood Ladder, Burkina Faso, 56 x 15 1/2 in. $500-700 17 Two African Chairs, the first from Tanzania, with arched back, the second from the Dan people, with metal strips, ht. to 17 in. $400-600 18 Malinke Wood Chief’s Chair, Guinea, with metal and tack decoration, 37 x 30 1/2 in. $600-800 19 Two African Carved Wood Headrests, Karamajong people, Kenya, one with an aluminum handle, patina of use, ht. to 7 1/4 in. Exhibitions: The Pen and Brush Gallery, 2004, Texture and Form, the Art of Personal Objects: Selections from the Rosen African Art Collection. $500-700
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20 Ethiopian Shield, Ormo people, the concave surface with circular decoration, patina of use, dia. 18 in. $250-350
21 Cameroon Beaded Vest, Bamun people, beaded on indigo blue and natural handwoven cloth, geometric designs done with white and blue glass seed beads, 20 x 29 in. $1,000-1,500
22 Mankala Carved Wood Game Board, with remains of red pigment, patina of long use, 26 x 5 x 15 1/2 in. $400-600 23 Ashanti Carved Wood Stool, with incised geometric decoration, 14 x 21 in. $300-400