Helmet mask "gelede" · Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3041472
sold
EUR 900
Size
H: 21 cm
H: 8.3 inch
Description
wood, middle brown patina, black paint, fine plaited coiffure with crowning shock of hair called “suku”, small mouth with long “teeth”, painted dot tattoos on the cheeks, incised scarifications at the pointed chin, inscribed on the inside at the rim: “RC550”, slightly dam., cracks, base
The object Helmet mask “gelede” with the object ID 3041472 was part of the auction 84th Tribal Art Auction on November 5, 2016. The object with the lot number 320 achieved a sales price of EUR 900 with an asking price of EUR 450.
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Comparing literature
Lawal, Babatunde, The Gèlèdé Spectacle, Seattle, London 1996, p. 196, ill. 7.2