Two helmet masks "gelede"
Nigeria, Yoruba
sold
EUR 2,900
Provenance
coll. in situ by unknown collectorLempertz, Brussels, 5 April 2017, Lot 99
Walter Grasser, Munich, Germany
Size
H: 23 cm / 25,5 cm
L: 32 cm
H: 9.1 inch / 10.0 inch
L: 12.6 inch
Description
wood, pigments, rest.
These two masks were collected in situ in a small town near the border with Benin. The masks were found lying unused in a separate hut. It is said that they had not been used for years and had been sold by the villagers in order to use the money to commission the carving of new masks.
Publications
AHDRC: 0140296 & 0140297