Helmet mask "gelede", before 1910 · Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3043266
sold
EUR 800
Provenance
Old British CollectionSize
L: 26 cm
L: 10.2 inch
Description
wood, reddish brown paint, colour accents in black and white, the head widely projecting to the back, compressed facial features, ritually “shaved” coiffure arranged in four stripes, abundant scarification marks, drilled pupils, slightly dam., abrasion (lower rim).
A “gelede” mask by the same hand, ex Armand Arman Collection, was auctioned at Zemanek-Münster in 2011.
Comparing literature
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 17 September 2011, lot 348 (comparable object)
Publications
AHDRC: 0150564