Mask "gelede" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3033730

Description

wood, polychrome paint, helmet-shaped, min. dam., cracks, small missing parts, traces of abrasion;
in contrast to Yoruba societies like “egungun” or “ogboni”, which are dedicated to the veneration of ancestors, “gelede” is directed on forces manifest in the world of the living, associated above all with women. In some areas “gelede” honours “ogun” the god of iron and the art of war, in other regions “eshu” is adored, the trickster god and messenger of the gods.

The object Mask “gelede” with the object ID 3033730 was last part of the auction 71st tribal art auction at November 24, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 297.

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