 Headdress 61 12" h.. x 19" w. $1000 |
 Headdress 62 15" h. x 18" w. $1000 |
 Headdress 67 13.5" x 13.5" $800 |
Headdress 61 12" h.. x 19" w. $1000 |
Headdress 62 15" h. x 18" w. $1000 |
Headdress 67 13.5" x 13.5" $800 |
 Headdress 63 11" h. x 12" w. $800 |
 Headdress 64 11.5" h. x 13" w. $600 |
 Headdress 68 10.5" h. $600 |
 Headdress 65 8.5" h. x 9.5" w. $800 |
 Headdress 66 5.5" h. x 14" w. $800 |
 Headdress 69 10" h. $1000 |
 Headdress 70 15.5" h. $800 |
 Headdress 71 10" h. $600 |
 Headdress 72 15" h. $800 |
 Headdress 73 16" h. $800 |
 Headdress 74 8,5" h. $600 |
 Headdress 75 25" h. $600 |
 Headdress 76 10.5" h. $600 |
 Headdress 77 14" h. $600 |
 Headdress 78 8" h. $500 |
 Headdress 79 16" h. $600 |
 Headdress 80 21.5" l. $600 |
 Headdress 81 6.5" h. x 10" l. $600 |
YORUBA EGUNGUN HEADDRESSES 2 (61-78)
The Egungun headdresses on this page have been vetted as authentic.
The word Egungun refers to masking associated with honored male lineage
ancestors. While each mask has a personal name, it does not usually refer
to a specific ancestor. Rather, Egungun masks embody the "collective
force of the ancestors. All of the Egungun in a community appear
annually during a joyful festival that celebrates the distinguished dead.
During the festival, the ancestors bless the living, promote physical and
spiritual health, settle disputes, enforce tradition and morality, and cleanse
the community of witchcraft.
--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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