YORUBA GELEDE HEADDRESS 16
Photographs © Tim Hamill
YORUBA, GELEDE MASK #16, 14", Nigeria $500, SOLD
Gelede, a male association, uses the aesthetic power of sculpture,
costume, song and dance to placate and please women, who have special spiritual
power. Often with elaborate superstructures, the headdresses appear as identical
pairs in the dances.
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