MAKONDE, HELMET MASKS, Tanzania

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Makonde
Mask 2
8.5",$400

Makonde
Mask
9, 9", $450

Makonde
Mask 11
8.5", $900

Makonde
Mask 16
8.5", $700

Makonde
Mask 17
10", $450

Makonde
Mask 18
9", $400

Makonde
Mask 19
SOLD

Makonde
Mask 20
8", $450

Makonde
Mask 21
8", $400

Makonde
Mask 22
9", $400

Makonde
Mask 23
9", $400

Makonde
Mask 24
9", $550

Makonde
Mask 25
8", $400

Makonde
Mask 26
9", $500



Makonde
Body
Masks 2

The masks below have been sold and are left here for reference and educational purposes.

Makonde
Mask 1
SOLD

Makonde
Mask 3
SOLD

Makonde
Mask 5
SOLD

Makonde
Mask 6
SOLD

Makonde
Mask 7
SOLD

Makonde
Mask 8
SOLD

Makonde
Mask 12
SOLD

Makonde
Mask 13
SOLD

Makonde
Mask 14
SOLD

Makonde
Mask 15
SOLD

Photographs © Tim Hamill

MAKONDE, HELMET MASKS, Tanzania

These unusually realistic heads include strong, portrait-like features, real human hair applied in shaved patterns and raised facial scarification. Masks like these represented an ancestral spirit in initiation ceremonies and served to express their moral code.

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