YORUBA, NIGERIA.
Gelede helmet mask.
Wood and pigments.
Rare, expressive and spectacular scarified figure, treated in polychrome, the almond-shaped eyes exorbitant and pierced, the nose cambered and hemmed, the mouth mis-close revealing the tongue.
Late 19th or early 20th century.
Height. 25,5 cm (cracks)
Base.
Provenance:
- Collection Tom Philips, artist and curator for the British Museum, he organized the exhibition "The Art of a Continent, Royal Academy of Arts" in 1995.
- Collection Kevin Conru.
- Collection Drs. J. Visser, Brussels. The latter attributing the mask to the master Olumole Falade (1830-1915). Invoice attached on October 27, 2005.
Bibliography:
Visser recent acquisitions, illustrated under number 7.
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