Lot: 106

Cimier léopard

Nigéria, Yoruba

Provenance	Taille	Prix d’appel / Prix d'Estimation
Bert Garrebeek, Beersel, Belgium Almut Zintl-Wiegand, Worms, Germany	H: 26 cm	1500 EUR

wood, pigments, base

This beautiful headdress was possibly the property of the "egungun" society, which is dedicated to ancestor worship. Drewal noted in 1980 that animal imagery was common in "egungun" masking in order to demonstrate the powers of transformation possessed by supernatural forces (Drewal 1980, p. 85).

Drewal, Henry John, African Artistry, Atlanta 1980

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