Mask "gelede": Head of a bush pig ·  Nigéria, Yoruba · ID: 3032848

Description

wood, polychrome painted, helmet-shaped, holding a twining snake between the teeth, tubular projections underneath the small eyes, big tapering ears, flaps with ornamental decor below, slightly dam., minor missing parts, cracks, on metal base

Littérature comparée

Eisenhofer, Stefan (Hg.), Kulte, Künstler, Könige in Afrika, Linz 1997, p. 261, III/7.50