Beaded crown "ade" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3035745

Description

coarse sacking coated with cotton cloth, covered with strings of multi-coloured glass beads, forming floral patterns and four schematized faces, hook-shaped projections, slightly dam., glass beads missing in some areas, base;
the faces are a reference to “odudua”, the ancestor and progenitor of all the Yoruba kings. The crown has been charged with power by the magic substance concealed in the very top.

The object Beaded crown “ade” with the object ID 3035745 was part of the auction 77th tribal art auction on June 28, 2014. The object with the lot number 394 achieved a sales price of EUR 500 with an asking price of EUR 400.

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