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Headdress "gelede" with pointed cap, Nigeria, Yoruba, Size: H: 23 cm L: 30 cm (H: 9.1 inch L: 11.8 inch), ID: 3043197
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Lot 335
88th Tribal Art Auction

Headdress "gelede" with pointed cap ·  Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3043197

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Provenance
Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany
Friedrich Spengelin, Hannover/Hamburg, Germany
Size
H: 23 cm
L: 30 cm
H: 9.1 inch
L: 11.8 inch

Description

wood, brown patina, blackish blue paint, white and indigo blue pigment, pierced see holes, slightly dam., insect caused missing parts (under-/backside, apex), crack (partly spread with mass), abrasion of paint.

The object Headdress “gelede” with pointed cap with the object ID 3043197 was last part of the auction 88th Tribal Art Auction at March 10, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 335.

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