Headdress "gelede" · Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3049115
sold
EUR 400
Provenance
Ursula Heijs-Voorhuis, Sint Agatha, The NetherlandsSize
H: 34 cm
H: 13.4 inch
Description
wood, missing parts, base
This headdress is covered by a particularly thick layer of sacrificial mass. Feathers, vegetal components and traces of liquids are visible.
Snakes play a major role in Yoruba iconography. They are associated with supernatural powers, such as “shango,” the god of thunder, or “ogun,” the god of iron and war.
Comparing literature
Lawal, Babatunde, The Gèlèdé Spectacle, Seattle, London 1996, p. 136, pl. 21