Originating from Liberia, the Dan mask is celebrated for its expressive features and smooth surfaces. Its influence can be ...

Antiques dealer who sold African mask for $4.6M wins legal battle with original owners after buying it for $165 By Shannon Thaler Published Dec. 19, 2023, 2:53 p.m. ET ...

The 88-year-old and his 81-year-old wife, identified by their initials in court documents but confirmed to CNN as Mr. and Mrs. Fournier by their lawyer, listed for sale an ancient African mask ...

The Museum of African Art in Belgrade is an ideally sized museum that owes its origin to the Non-Aligned Movement and is full ...

The couple, in their eighties, sold the wooden mask in September 2021 as part of a number of antiquities including African artifacts they had kept in their secondary home in southern France and wanted ...

The item, a large wooden mask measuring 2 ½ feet tall, is a good example of the quality work coming out of Africa at the time, DuMouchelle said. Unfortunately, it is not an older example of ...

The dealer paid the €150 ($165) for the precious Ngil mask, which was made by the Fang people of Gabon, before sending it to auction where it fetched €4.2 million ($4.6 million), following ...

Thousands of spectators gathered in Benin on Sunday for the country’s annual Mask Festival, a vibrant cultural event ...

An elderly French couple are suing an antiques dealer, claiming they were duped into selling a "worthless" African mask for $157, only to learn months later it was sold at auction for $4.4 million ...