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COURONNE EN PERLE YOROUBA
Nigéria
Ade, de forme conique, recouverte d'un perlage représentant quatre visages et des motifs en noeud, le tout placé sous un oiseau, perlage de couleurs prédominantes bleu et rouge
Hauteur: 48 cm
Provenance
Matthias Lemaire, Amsterdam, 1978
Literature
Biebuyck, D.P. et Van den Abbeele, N., The Power of Headdresses, Bruxelles, 1984, p.63, pl.11. The authors state that the faces represent Oduduwa, first king and mythical founder of the Yoruba, and express supernatual power. The bird finial symbolises mystic communication with the gods through magical flight. The bird represented here is okin, the royal bird, a small white bird with long tail feathers.
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A YORUBA BEADED CROWN

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