Mask "gelede" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3033002

Description

wood, dark brown patina, traces of indigo blue and red pigment, kaolin, wheel-shaped crest, carved with two snakes, each of them gobbling a crocodile, a seated female figure inbetween supporting a “shango” axe on the head, slightly dam., missing parts, breakages, paint rubbed off

The object Mask “gelede” with the object ID 3033002 was last part of the auction 69th tribal art auction at June 2, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 230 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,000.

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