Lot: 338

88th Tribal Art Auction

Helmet mask "gelede", before 1910

Nigeria, Yoruba

Provenance Size Starting price / estimated price
Old British Collection L: 10.2 inch sold

wood, reddish brown paint, colour accents in black and white, the head widely projecting to the back, compressed facial features, ritually "shaved" coiffure arranged in four stripes, abundant scarification marks, drilled pupils, slightly dam., abrasion (lower rim).
A "gelede" mask by the same hand, ex Armand Arman Collection, was auctioned at Zemanek-Münster in 2011.


Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 17 September 2011, lot 348 (comparable object)