Zemanek-Münster

Helmet mask "gelede"

Nigeria, Yoruba
not available anymore
Provenance
Austrian Collection, Vienna
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 25 February 2006, lot 181
Size
H: 20 cm
H: 7.9 inch

Description

wood, reddish brown patina, black and indigo blue paint, coiffur with wing-shaped projections and knop-shaped sides min. dam., small missing parts, fine cracks, traces of abrasion


Comparing literature

Drewal, Henry John & Margaret Thompson Drewal, Gelede, Bloomington 1983, p. 171, ill. 94

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