Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas | Antiquities - 20th February 2024

Lot 149

A Yoruba gelede mask

Estimate £400 - £600

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Description

A Yoruba gelede mask
Nigeria
carved wearing a turban, the top with three attachment holes, and with pierced eyes and nostrils, with remains of pigment and Reckitt's Blue,
21.5cm high.

Provenance
By repute - Sotheby's, London, 27th March 1985.