Nigeria Yoruba Egungun Headdress

**Originally Listed At $100** West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A dark wooden headdress with a zoomorphic face over a round base drilled through to attach it to somethin

**Originally Listed At $200** Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba, ca. mid 20th century CE. A hand-carved and painted Egungun headdress depicting a bearded visage with very high pointed rabbit-like ears. Egungun

**Originally Listed At $200** Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba, ca. mid 20th century CE. A hand-carved and painted Egungun headdress depicting a bearded visage with very high pointed rabbit-like ears. Egungun

Maskenaufsatz, "egúngún" Yoruba, Nigeria Ohne Sockel / without base Holz. H 35 cm. Provenienz: Jean David, Basel. 2003 in situ erworben. Maske des egungun-Bundes, der die Beziehungen zwische

Kopfaufsatz, "egungun layewu" Yoruba, Nigeria Ohne Sockel / without base Holz. H 39 cm. Provenienz: Helmut und Marianne Zimmer, Zürich. Maske des egungun-Bundes, der die Beziehungen zwischen den Ahne

Janus-Kopfaufsatz, "Egungun" Yoruba, Nigeria Mit Sockel / with base Holz, Textil. H 25 cm. Provenienz: Helmut und Marianne Zimmer, Zürich. Maske des egungun-Bundes, der die Beziehungen zwischen den A

Kopfaufsatz, "ere egungun olode" Yoruba, Nigeria Ohne Sockel / without base Holz. H 44 cm. Provenienz: Gérald Minkoff (1937-2009) und Muriel Olesen (1948-2020), Genf. Maske des egungun-Bundes, de

This is a very old and well used Yoruba peoples dance crest or headdress, Nigeria, Africa. This heavily weathered and field used headdress has a canine sculpture , twisted horns and an overall fierce

West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A lovely hand carved wooden figural bust of a face topped by a large, hooked coiffure or headdress shaped like an axe blade. A t

Yoruba Egubgun Headdress/Mask- Aboriginal Indigenous Art- Once ritualware for the Yoruba people of Nigeria, Africa. The word Egungun refers to masking associated with honored male lineage ancestors. W

A very interesting carved wooden headdress with a finely crafted image on top, stylized facial treatment and well handled wood suggest good age and ceremonial use. Egungun masquerade ceremonies (Odun

A carved wooden dance crest for the Egungun ceremonies, painted black and white and adorned with textiles. The Egungun society is to commemorate and revere the ancestors. traditionally it is believed

Yoruba -Nigeria Egungun Layewu.Puppet "head of head".Solid hardwood with clear patina, natural and industrial pigments.Signs of use and label.With base. . Cm 19,00 x 37,50 x 15,00. This Yoruba sculptu

wood, blackish brown patina, kaolin, traces of indigo blue pigment, helmet-shaped calotte, a costume from fabric attached to the lower rim, net-like cloth to look through, slightly dam., tears and mis

A Gelede society headdress. Nigeria, Yoruba. First half 20th century. Approx. 12 1/2"h x 13"w x 13"d. Provenance: Inventory and Collection from the Estate of Merton D. Simpson. Catalog Notes: "Masks l

African white beaded headdress, Yoruba, Nigeria, serves the purpose of a king's crown, conical form with face motif to sides and numerous birds, beads strung along edge forming veil, some loss to bead

A Gelede society headdress Nigeria, Yoruba. c.20th century Inventory and Collection from the Estate of Merton D. Simpson.

African Yoruba Egungun Mask, Nigeria. Carved wood,pigment, fabric. Used in performances in reverence to an ancestor. Size: 10'' x 6.5'' x 7.5'' (25 x 17 x 19 cm); Height on stand: 22" (56 cm).

A Yoruba Egungun costume. Nigeria, West Africa. 20th century. Fabric, cowries, and other materials. 71" x 20". The Yoruba would wear this costume during a ceremony to honor their ancestors. Includes s

Maske, "ere egungun eleti" Yoruba, Nigeria Mit Sockel / with base Holz. H 55 cm. B 30 cm. Provenienz: - Galerie Maria Wyss, Basel. - Sammlung Peter Stettler (1939-1998) und Erica Stettler-Schnell (geb

45 Kopfaufsatz, "egungun layewu" Yoruba, Nigeria Gesockelt (base included) Holz. H 33 cm. Provenienz: Galerie Walu, Basel. Ausgestellt: Museum der Völker, Schwaz. Sonderausstellung Yoruba - Meisterwe

Maske, "ere egungun eleti" Yoruba, Nigeria Ohne Sockel / without base Holz. H 66 cm. Provenienz: Helmut und Marianne Zimmer, Zürich. ere egungun eleti = "der der Ohren hat" (ere egungun eleti = "the

A Finely carved wooden staff featuring a kneeling devotee shown holding staffs and with tall headdress. Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Africa. The Staff has been mounted to a wooden base and measures 18 inc

A Yoruba Mirrored Headdress, Nigeria, height: 19 1/2". Provenance: Acquired in the 1970s by Eva De Ngy Gallery, Provincetown, MA.