Helmet mask "gelede" · Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3039911
not available anymore
Provenance
Austrian Collection, ViennaZemanek-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