YORUBA EGUNGUN HEADDRESSES 2 (61-81)

The Egungun headdresses on this page have been vetted as authentic.

Egungun Headdress 62 15" high x 18" wide $1000

Egungun Headdress 72 15" high $800

Egungun Headdress 63 11" high x 12" wide $800

Egungun Headdress 76 10.5" high $600

Egungun Headdress 61 12" high x 19" wide SOLD

Egungun Headdress 67 13.5" high SOLD

Egungun Headdress 73 16" high SOLD

Egungun Headdress 64 11.5" high x 13" wide SOLD

Egungun Headdress 69 10" high SOLD

Egungun Headdress 70 15.5" high SOLD

Egungun Headdress 71 10" high SOLD

Egungun Headdress 77 14" high SOLD

Egungun Headdress 78 8" high SOLD

Egungun Headdress 79 16" high SOLD

YORUBA EGUNGUN HEADDRESSES 2 (61-81)

The Egungun headdresses on this page have been vetted as authentic.

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.