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Yoruba Gelede Mask with Colonial Era Figure, Nigeria #953
- Yoruba Gelede Mask with Colonial Era Figure, Nigeria #953
- Wonderful Gelede Mask with traces of original matte polychrome. Depicts a clothed and helmeted Colonial Figure sitting in a folding chair; it is unclear whether the individual in the chair represents a European or a Yoruba Chieftain in European dress. The supporting head of the mask appears to be a Female Character, as she sports a headwrap that terminates in a bow at the back of her head.Ā
- Materials: Wood, pigment
- Measurements: 16ā³ height. Includes a Custom Made Base.
- Provenance: From the Estate of Kenneth Lewis, Brooklyn, NY
- This type of Mask might have been worn at Funeral Ceremonies and expresses humor and irony with a subliminal laugh that is alien to Western Christian Funerals.
- Gelede Headdresses (not Masks as these sit ON the head and not across the face) are one of the few among the Yoruba People to celebrate Female Forces.
- The Gelede is performed by the Yoruba-Nago Community spread over Benin, Nigeria and Togo. For more than a Century, this Ceremony has been performed to pay tribute to the Primordial Mother IyĆ NlĆ , and to the role Women play in the process of Social Organization and Development of Yoruba society.
- Gelede is also a Festival of Masks performed in veneration of the Society's Powerful Older Women, the Iyami.
- Egbado Yoruba Communities perform Gelede annually, at which time they formally recognize the Powers of the Iyami, and solicit their Benevolence to ensure the Prosperity of the Community.
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Yoruba Gelede Mask with Colonial Era Figure, Nigeria #953
Yoruba Gelede Mask with Colonial Era Figure, Nigeria #953
- Yoruba Gelede Mask with Colonial Era Figure, Nigeria #953
- Wonderful Gelede Mask with traces of original matte polychrome. Depicts a clothed and helmeted Colonial Figure sitting in a folding chair; it is unclear whether the individual in the chair represents a European or a Yoruba Chieftain in European dress. The supporting head of the mask appears to be a Female Character, as she sports a headwrap that terminates in a bow at the back of her head.Ā
- Materials: Wood, pigment
- Measurements: 16ā³ height. Includes a Custom Made Base.
- Provenance: From the Estate of Kenneth Lewis, Brooklyn, NY
- This type of Mask might have been worn at Funeral Ceremonies and expresses humor and irony with a subliminal laugh that is alien to Western Christian Funerals.
- Gelede Headdresses (not Masks as these sit ON the head and not across the face) are one of the few among the Yoruba People to celebrate Female Forces.
- The Gelede is performed by the Yoruba-Nago Community spread over Benin, Nigeria and Togo. For more than a Century, this Ceremony has been performed to pay tribute to the Primordial Mother IyĆ NlĆ , and to the role Women play in the process of Social Organization and Development of Yoruba society.
- Gelede is also a Festival of Masks performed in veneration of the Society's Powerful Older Women, the Iyami.
- Egbado Yoruba Communities perform Gelede annually, at which time they formally recognize the Powers of the Iyami, and solicit their Benevolence to ensure the Prosperity of the Community.
Ā
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- Yoruba Gelede Mask with Colonial Era Figure, Nigeria #953
- Wonderful Gelede Mask with traces of original matte polychrome. Depicts a clothed and helmeted Colonial Figure sitting in a folding chair; it is unclear whether the individual in the chair represents a European or a Yoruba Chieftain in European dress. The supporting head of the mask appears to be a Female Character, as she sports a headwrap that terminates in a bow at the back of her head.Ā
- Materials: Wood, pigment
- Measurements: 16ā³ height. Includes a Custom Made Base.
- Provenance: From the Estate of Kenneth Lewis, Brooklyn, NY
- This type of Mask might have been worn at Funeral Ceremonies and expresses humor and irony with a subliminal laugh that is alien to Western Christian Funerals.
- Gelede Headdresses (not Masks as these sit ON the head and not across the face) are one of the few among the Yoruba People to celebrate Female Forces.
- The Gelede is performed by the Yoruba-Nago Community spread over Benin, Nigeria and Togo. For more than a Century, this Ceremony has been performed to pay tribute to the Primordial Mother IyĆ NlĆ , and to the role Women play in the process of Social Organization and Development of Yoruba society.
- Gelede is also a Festival of Masks performed in veneration of the Society's Powerful Older Women, the Iyami.
- Egbado Yoruba Communities perform Gelede annually, at which time they formally recognize the Powers of the Iyami, and solicit their Benevolence to ensure the Prosperity of the Community.
Ā
