Helmet mask "gelede" with elaborate coiffure · Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3043679
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Size
H: 36 cm
H: 14.2 inch
Description
wood, skin-coloured patina, black paint, strikingly pointed ears, pupils just drilled (not pierced), old museum inventory number “53-12-44”, cracks, braid tips cut/repainted (?), rep. (small piece reinserted at the lower rim)
The object Helmet mask “gelede” with elaborate coiffure with the object ID 3043679 was last part of the auction 88th Tribal Art Auction at March 10, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 336.
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AHDRC: 0150562