YORUBA GELEDE HEADDRESSES ARCHIVES 3

The Gelede Headdresses on this page have all been SOLD and are left here for educational purposes.


 

Yoruba
Gelede 11
SOLD

Yorba
Gelede 12
SOLD 

Yoruba
Gelede 14
SOLD 

Yoruba
Gelede 15
SOLD 

 

Yoruba
Gelede 16
SOLD

Yoruba
Gelede 1
SOLD

 

Yoruba
Gelede 4
SOLD

 

Yoruba
Gelede 6
SOLD

 

Yoruba
Gelede 8
SOLD

 

Yoruba
Gelede 10
SOLD

 

Yoruba
Gelede 17
SOLD

Yoruba
Gelede 18
SOLD 

Yoruba
Gelede 30
SOLD 

 

Yoruba
Gelede 32
SOLD 

 

Yoruba Gelede 21
SOLD

 

Yoruba Gelede 22
SOLD

Yoruba
Gelede 00
SOLD

Yoruba
Gelede 13
SOLD 

Yoruba
Gelede 48
SOLD

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.

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