Headdress "gelede": head of a bush pig · Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3052129
Price
EUR 1,000
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Provenance
Haus Völker und Kulturen, Ethnological Museum St. Augustin, Bonn, GermanyFolkmar von Kolczynski, Stuttgart, Germany
Ulrich Kortmann, Dortmund, Germany
Petr Zubek, Düsseldorf, Germany
Size
L: 41 cm, H: 25 cm
L: 16.1 inch, H: 9.8 inch
Description
wood, pigments, handwritten collection no. “767”, base
The object Headdress “gelede”: head of a bush pig with the object ID 3052129 was part of the auction Collectors’ Items Sale on September 24, 2025, lot number 214 at that time and is currently available for EUR 1,000 in Open sale.
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Comparing literature
Eisenhofer, Stefan (Hg.), Kulte, Künstler, Könige in Afrika, Linz 1997, p. 261, III/7.50