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Details
a yoruba gelede mask
The plump face with large eyes, pouting mouth and pert nose, the elaborate coiffure carved as eight hatched transverse ridges terminating with tufts at the crest, the border to the face and rim with short cylindrical projections, a hollow square projection above the forehead, glossy patina
31cm. long
The plump face with large eyes, pouting mouth and pert nose, the elaborate coiffure carved as eight hatched transverse ridges terminating with tufts at the crest, the border to the face and rim with short cylindrical projections, a hollow square projection above the forehead, glossy patina
31cm. long
Literature
Einstein, C., Negerplastik, Leipzig, 1915, pl.105
Leuzinger, E., Die Kunst von Schwarz-Afrika, Zurich, 1970, no.L46
Leuzinger, E., Die Kunst von Schwarz-Afrika, Zurich, 1970, no.L46
Exhibited
Zrich, 1970/71, no.L46