YORUBA GELEDE HEADDRESSES

The Gelede masks below have all been vetted as authentic, made for tribal use.

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Yoruba
Gelede 7

14.5" high
SOLD

YORUBA
Gelede 43
10" - 19" high
$1000

Photographs © Hamill Gallery

YORUBA GELEDE HEADDRESSES

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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