YORUBA EGUNGUN COSTUMES 1 ARCHIVES

The Egungun costumes below have been sold and are left here for educational purposes.

For UNSOLD Yoruba Costumes GO TO EGUNGUN COSTUME 16



Egungun 1
73" high
SOLD



Egungun 2
69" high
SOLD



Egungun 5
53" high
SOLD



Egungun 7
53" high
SOLD



Egungun 9
61" high
SOLD




Egungun 6
48" high
SOLD

 

Egungun 3
68" high
SOLD



Egungun 4
72" high
SOLD


Egungun 18
78" high
SOLD




Egungun 8
66" high
SOLD



Egungun 24
80" high
SOLD



Egungun 15
65" high
SOLD

Egungun  23
67" high
SOLD

YORUBA
Egunguns
Page 2

Photographs © Hamill Gallery

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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GO TO EGUNGUN MASKS 1 (31-50)

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