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

Lot 37

A Yoruba Egungun mask

Estimate £150 - £250 | Hammer £127

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Description

A Yoruba Egungun mask
Nigeria
with facial scarifications and two prominent front teeth, a curved coiffure with and applied gourd to the centre, with painted decoration,
38 cm high,
a Mende helmet mask, 35cm high, and a Yoruba Gelede mask, with a couple in an erotic embrace, with painted decoration, 35cm long. (3)

Provenance
Zbyszek Plocki Collection, London.