Mask "gelede" ·  Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3040071

Description

wood, encrusted reddish brown and black paint, small remains of bright blue, regular facial features, the coiffure widely projecting to the back, hairline with banded contour, slightly dam., minor missing parts (above all the small round projections on both sides of the coiffure), rep. (rear part of the coiffure), base

The object Mask “gelede” with the object ID 3040071 was last part of the auction 82nd Tribal Art Auction at February 27, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 424 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,500.

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