Auction 105
Zemanek-Münster

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, Germany
Folkmar 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


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