Mask "gelede" ·  Nigéria, Yoruba · ID: 3037628

Description

wood, painted in red and black, accents with yellow and indigo blue pigment, helmet-shaped with bulging rim, pupils and nares pierced, tribal marks on forehead and cheeks, with labret, slightly dam. (nose, mouth), minor missing parts (left eye and ear), a bigger one below the chin, cracks (back of the head), strong abrasion of paint