Headdress "gelede" · Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3052212
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Provenance
Florida CollectionSize
H: 51 cm
H: 20.1 inch
Description
wood, pigments,
The members of the “gelede” society worship the “Great Mother”, the goddess of fertility.
“Gelede” festivals take place every year between march and may at the beginning of the new planting season. They have been described as real spectacles. The mask dancers wear headdresses of enormous variety of shapes and colourful costumes to celebrate the different roles of the villagers in society (market traders, blacksmiths, hunters, mothers, priestesses, etc…).
The object Headdress “gelede” with the object ID 3052212 was last part of the auction Collectors’ Items Sale at September 24, 2025 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 211.
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