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Dance crest "egungun", Nigeria, Yoruba, Size: H: 29 cm (H: 11.4 inch), ID: 3046558
Dance crest "egungun", Nigeria, Yoruba, Size: H: 29 cm (H: 11.4 inch), ID: 3046558 - 2/5 Dance crest "egungun", Nigeria, Yoruba, Size: H: 29 cm (H: 11.4 inch), ID: 3046558 - 3/5 Dance crest "egungun", Nigeria, Yoruba, Size: H: 29 cm (H: 11.4 inch), ID: 3046558 - 4/5 Dance crest "egungun", Nigeria, Yoruba, Size: H: 29 cm (H: 11.4 inch), ID: 3046558 - 5/5
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Lot 185
Voyage Tribal Art - Live Online Auction

Dance crest "egungun" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3046558

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Provenance
Old German Collection
Alfons Bermel, Berlin, Germany (2006)
Size
H: 29 cm
H: 11.4 inch

Description

wood, polychrome painted, missing parts

The “egungun” rite is closely combined with burial rites and the worshipping of ancestors.

The object Dance crest “egungun” with the object ID 3046558 was last part of the auction Voyage Tribal Art - Live Online Auction at May 23, 2020 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 185.

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