Hello, this item is an African carved wooden mask with textile, leather or hide, cord, fibre, and applied tooth-like elements, probably from West or Central Africa and most closely related to the expressive mask traditions of Côte d’Ivoire, Liberia, or neighboring regions. The projecting cylindrical form, slit eyes, open mouth with teeth, dark surface, attached fibre beard, and layered textile additions suggest a performance-type mask rather than a simple decorative wall mask, although the exact ethnic attribution cannot be confirmed from the photographs alone.

The mask shows age, surface wear, soiling, insect or handling marks, frayed fibre, worn fabric, losses around the rim, and older repairs or attachments. These features give it strong visual and ethnographic appeal, but without collection history, field provenance, documentation, or expert tribal-art authentication, it should be valued as an unattributed 20th-century African mask rather than a confirmed ritual example from a named group. Masks of this type can rise significantly in value when securely attributed and provenanced, but unprovenanced examples usually remain in the lower decorative and ethnographic market.

Fair Market Value: $250 to $600 USD