YORUBA EGUNGUN HEADDRESSES 1 (31-51)

Egungun Headdress 31 16" high $5000

Egungun Headdress 33 8" high $ 2500

Egungun Headdress 36 9" high x 24" wide $2000

Egungun Headdress 50 9" high $500

Egungun Headdress 38 12" high x 17.5" wide $1500

Egungun Headdress 39 10.5 high x 19" wide $1500

Egungun Headdress 45 9.5" high $ 1200

Egungun Headdress 46 8.5" high $800

Egungun Headdress 47 8" high $1200

Egungun Dance piece 15 16" diameter $800

The word Egungun refers to masking associated with honored male lineage ancestors. While each mask has a personal name, it does not usually refer to a specific ancestor. Rather, Egungun masks embody the "collective force of the ancestors. All of the Egungun in a community appear annually during a joyful festival that celebrates the distinguished dead. During the festival, the ancestors bless the living, promote physical and spiritual health, settle disputes, enforce tradition and morality, and cleanse the community of witchcraft.

--from African Shapes of the Sacred: Yoruba Religious Art by Carol Ann Lorenz, Senior Curator, Longyear Museum of Anthropology, Colgate University.