Headdress "gelede"

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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.

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Comparing literature

Lawal, Babatunde, The Gèlèdé Spectacle, Seattle, London 1996, p. 136, pl. 21

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