Mask "gelede": Head of a bush pig · Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3032848
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Provenance
Pierre Vérité, Paris, FranceSize
H: 43 cm
H: 16.9 inch
Description
wood, polychrome painted, helmet-shaped, holding a twining snake between the teeth, tubular projections underneath the small eyes, big tapering ears, flaps with ornamental decor below, slightly dam., minor missing parts, cracks, on metal base
The object Mask “gelede”: Head of a bush pig with the object ID 3032848 was last part of the auction 69th tribal art auction at June 2, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 364.
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Comparing literature
Eisenhofer, Stefan (Hg.), Kulte, Künstler, Könige in Afrika, Linz 1997, p. 261, III/7.50