Object Number | 81-11-7 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Yoruba | Gelede |
Provenience | Nigeria |
Section | African |
Materials | Wood |
Description | Gelede mask. The face is painted bright green, and the cheeks have three blue stripes each. The eyes and mouth are chartreuse. The forehead has three vertical blue stripes. The intricately carved headdress is painted in red, white, blue, yellow, pink and green, and may be an oil-base paint. There are evenly spaced perforations around the base. |
Height | 30.4 cm |
Width | 30.2 cm |
Depth | 30 cm |
Credit Line | Received from various sources, pre-1981 |
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