Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas | Antiquities Day One - 17th September 2025

Lot 34

Three Yoruba gelede masks

Estimate £300 - £400 | Hammer £254

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Description

Three Yoruba gelede masks
Nigeria
with painted decoration, one with an applied serpent, and inscribed collection number HM:GEL 6, 6249 F., 21cm high, another with a serpent and leopard, 29.8cm high, and the third with an equestrian figure, 45.5cm high,
and a Yoruba equestrian figure, with inscribed collection number C5. LAB. 6265/C, 50.8cm high. (4)

Provenance
Zbyszek Plocki Collection, London.