Mask "gelede" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3037628

Description

wood, painted in red and black, accents with yellow and indigo blue pigment, helmet-shaped with bulging rim, pupils and nares pierced, tribal marks on forehead and cheeks, with labret, slightly dam. (nose, mouth), minor missing parts (left eye and ear), a bigger one below the chin, cracks (back of the head), strong abrasion of paint

The object Mask “gelede” with the object ID 3037628 was last part of the auction 78th tribal art auction at October 18, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 346.

You can find more Masks and other popular object types on our related topic pages. You may also be interested in our page on African art.