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Photographs © Tim Hamill
YORUBA GELEDE HEADDRESSES 3
Gelede, a male association, uses the aesthetic power of sculpture, costume, song and dance to placate and please women, who have special spiritual power. Often with elaborate superstructures, the headdresses appear as identical pairs in the dances.
GO TO YORUBA GELEDE MASKS PAGE 1
GO TO YORUBA GELEDE MASKS PAGE 2
GO TO YORUBA ART 2007 EXHIBITION PAGE
GO TO YORUBA EGUNGUN MASKS PAGE 2 (61-78)
GO TO YORUBA EGUNGUN MASKS PAGE 1 (31-51)
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