Cimier "gelede" ·  Nigéria, Yoruba · ID: 3049115

Description

wood, missing parts, base

This headdress is covered by a particularly thick layer of sacrificial mass. Feathers, vegetal components and traces of liquids are visible.

Snakes play a major role in Yoruba iconography. They are associated with supernatural powers, such as “shango,” the god of thunder, or “ogun,” the god of iron and war.

Littérature comparée

Lawal, Babatunde, The Gèlèdé Spectacle, Seattle, London 1996, p. 136, pl. 21