Māori, Oceanic & African Art Tuesday, 8 October 2024 - 5:00 PM start
A Gelede Mask From The Yoruba People
Realised: $500 plus premium
Lot Details
West Africa Carved wood with pigments, stylised coiffure, facial cicatrice, and decorated with cowrie shells and bells. The Gẹlẹdẹ spectacle of the Yoruba is a public display using colorful masks which combines art and ritual dance to amuse, educate and inspire worship. Gelede celebrates "Mothers", a group that includes female ancestors and deities as well as the elderly women of the community, and the power and spiritual capacity these women have in society. Provenance: private collection of Michael Yoffe H 37 cm, diameter 72cm
