Mask "gelede" ·  Nigéria, Yoruba · ID: 3033002

Description

wood, dark brown patina, traces of indigo blue and red pigment, kaolin, wheel-shaped crest, carved with two snakes, each of them gobbling a crocodile, a seated female figure inbetween supporting a “shango” axe on the head, slightly dam., missing parts, breakages, paint rubbed off