This modern vest is based upon those worn in public ceremonies by Ifa priests. Although they have no spiritual use, these pieces are produced by hand in Nigeria by the Yoruba people.
This modern vest is based upon those worn in public ceremonies by Ifa priests. Although they have no spiritual use, these pieces are produced by hand in Nigeria by the Yoruba people.
Photographs © Hamill Gallery
YORUBA STYLE
VEST 1
35" high x 27" wide
Nigeria
$600
Lighter in weight than the heavily beaded vests, this one has more of the spirit of a Dogon or Bamana hunter's shirt, with amulets and small additions to protect the wearer. Assembled of strip-woven cloth, its embellishments include strange magical pods, tiny gourds, twigs, cowrie shells, tied bundles, chains and packets bound in string. There is some fraying of the cloth and an early restructuring with blue ashoke pieces around the collar. This could hang in a modern abstract art exhibition.
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