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Headdress "gelede": head of a bush pig ·  Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3052129

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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 last part of the auction Collectors’ Items Sale at September 24, 2025 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 214.

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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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