Three face helmet mask "gelede · Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3047466
sold
EUR 1,200
Provenance
Old British Collection (coll. in the 1960s / 70s)Size
H: 28 cm
H: 11.0 inch
Description
wood, colour pigments, rest., partly repainted
This three-faced mask could represent twins and the deity Eyini, a primordial ancestor who was the mother of twins.
“Gelede” festivals have been described as real spectacles with an enormous variety of headdresses and costumes.
Comparing literature
Drewal, Henry John & Margaret Thompson Drewal, Gelede, Bloomington 1983, p. 230