Helmet mask " oloko" ·  Nigéria, Yoruba · ID: 3037148

Description

wood, matt encrusted patina, remains of polychrome paint, anthropomorphic janus-headed mask with rectangular open worked mouth and big eyes, crowned by a dog-like quadruped, rep. (breakage right ear), cracks, small missing parts, traces of abrasion;
such masks appear on the big “epa” festival celebrated every two years. The festival is opened by the “oloko” mask, showing the owner of a farm.

Expertise

Karl-Ferdinand Schädler, 16.6.2003, Munich

Littérature comparée

Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Afrikanische Kunst in Deutschen Privatsammlungen, München 1973, p. 170