YORUBA EGUNGUN COSTUMES 1

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The costumes below have been vetted as authentic and old, with good evidence of age and use.

 

Egungun 1
73" high
$3000



Egungun 2
69" high
SOLD



Egungun 5
53" high
$1000



Egungun 7
53" high
SOLD



Egungun 8
66" high
$3000



Egungun 9
61" high
$2000



Egungun 18
78" high
$4000



Egungun 24
80" high
$4000



Egungun 6
48" high
SOLD

 

Egungun 3
68" high
SOLD



Egungun 4
72" high
SOLD

Yoruba
Egunguns
Page 2

Photographs © Tim Hamill

YORUBA EGUNGUN COSTUMES 1

The word Egungun refers to masking associated with honored male lineage ancestors. Egungun masquerades are performed throughout Yorubaland but the costune styles are extremely diverse as a result of both regional preferences and the fertile imagination of artists and patrons. Many Egungun costumes consist entirely of costly and extravagantly embellished cloth while others include carved headdresses.

--from African Shapes of the Sacred: Yoruba Religious Art by Carol Ann Lorenz, Senior Curator
Longyear Museum of Anthropology, Colgate University.

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