Mask "gelede" ·  Nigéria, Yoruba · ID: 3036790

Description

wood, remains of polychrome paint, of characteristic form, with drilled pupils, tribal marks on forehead and cheeks, grooved coiffure, adorned by a broad band with a bow, old label “Dahomey/NG”, missing parts (above all at the lower rim), traces of insect caused damage (right side of the head), crack, strong abrasion of paint

Littérature comparée

Fagaly, William, Ancestors of Congo Square, New Orleans 2011, p. 176