Tribal Art & Antiquities - 21st February 2018

Lot 94

A Yoruk dance headdress California

Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £280

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Description

A Yoruk dance headdress

California, USA

deerskin with painted red triangles and black dots with a black border and inset wolf or deer fur and with red and black striped tassels, one numbered 9081.,

73cm long.

Provenance

H.H. Stuart, Eureka, California.

Sotheby's, New York, 15 June 1985, lot 72.

The Mrs N. Van Den Abbeele collection, Christie's, Amsterdam, 29 May 2001, lot 391 part.