Headdress "gelede" · Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3050321
sold
EUR 750
Provenance
collected pre 1950s by a French officerSize
H: 32 cm
H: 12.6 inch
Description
wood, residues of colour pigments,
The beautiful facial features arranged in the lower third of the headdress. Crowned by a high towering elaborate coiffure of accurately worked, overlapping triangles.
The object Headdress “gelede” with the object ID 3050321 was part of the auction 101st Auction on November 11, 2023. The object with the lot number 259 achieved a sales price of EUR 750 with an asking price of EUR 600.
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