YORUBA EGUNGUN HEADDRESSES 1 (31-51)

The Egungun headdresses on this page have been vetted as old and authentic.

Egungun
Headdress 31
16" high
$5000

Egungun
Headdress 33
8" high
$ 2500

Egungun
Headdress 42
11" high
$1200

Egungun
Headdress 34
12" high
$3000

Egungun
Headdress 44
11.5" high
$ 1500

Egungun
Headdress 36
9" high x 24" wide
$2000



Egungun
Headdress 50
9" high
$500

Egungun
Headdress 38
12" high x 17.5" wide
$1500

Egungun
Headdress 39
10.5 high x 19" wide
$1500

Egungun
Headdress 45
9.5" high
$ 1200



Egungun
Headdress 46
8.5" high
$800



Egungun
Headdress 47
8" high
$1200

 

Egungun
Dance piece 15
16" diameter
$800

Photographs © Hamill Gallery

YORUBA EGUNGUN HEADDRESSES 1 (31-50)

The Egungun headdresses on this page have been vetted as old and 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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