Dance crest "egungun" · Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3035872
sold
EUR 200
Provenance
Vera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, GermanySize
H: 27,5 cm
H: 10.8 inch
Description
wood, black and dark brown patina, indigo blue paint, mirror glass eyes, slightly dam., missing parts through insect caused damage (right rim), cracks (calotte, coiffure), base;
the ancestors come to the town in the form of “egungun” to cleanse the community of wrongdoing and misfortune. They are called “ara orun” - “visitors form the other world”.
Comparing literature
Witte, Hans, A Closer Look, Berg en Dal 2004, p. 57, ill. 46