Two helmet masks "gelede" · Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3046541

Name: Two helmet masks "gelede"
SKU: 3046541
Price: 2900 EUR
Availability: SoldOut

sold EUR 2,900

Provenance

coll. in situ by unknown collector
Lempertz, 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.

The object Two helmet masks “gelede” with the object ID 3046541 was part of the auction 97th Auction on November 6, 2021. The object with the lot number 98 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,900 with an asking price of EUR 2,000.

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