Helmet mask "gelede" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba, Ota · ID: 3036466

Description

light wood, middle brown patina, white, red and black pigment, characteristic form with receding forehead and projecting mouth part, sharp cut facial features, lamellar scarifications, eyes, nose and ears with drilled holes, dam. (ears, upper lid, nose), cracks, paint rubbed off, rest. (left rim);
the depicted hairstyle is worn by devotees of the goddess “nana”, when they have prepared for a state of trance in order to experience the spirit of the goddess.

The object Helmet mask “gelede” with the object ID 3036466 was last part of the auction 76th tribal art auction at March 22, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 503.

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Comparing literature

Homberger, Lorenz (Hg.), Yoruba, Zürich 1991, p. 32. ill. 39