Yoruba Egungun Costume

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

Egungun Costume, Yoruba People, Nigeria, West Africa, 20th C. Cotton, velvet, hemp and cowrie shells. Size: 69"H x 22"W x 18"D (56 x 45.5 x 175.5 cm).PLEASE NOTE: All auction items are located in CHIC

Tanzkleid, "ekuu egungun" Yoruba-Nago, Benin Mit Sockel / with base H 180 cm. Provenienz: - Museum Haus der Völker, Schwaz. - Galerie Walu, Zürich. Ausgestellt: Haus der Völker, Schwaz. Der Egungun

A group of 2 West African objects. ++ Egungun dance costume, Nigeria, Yoruba. 20th century. ++ Standing protective figure with round head, Togo/Burkina Faso, Moba. 20th century. Provenance: From a Pri

This is a carved wooden helmet mask with tall rabbit like ears and carved face, a Yoruba Egungun style mask. Egungun masks are used in conjunction with elaborate masquerade textile costumes to honour

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

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 Rare Yoruba peoples mask from Nigeria, West Africa. This is a very fine carved wooden helmet mask with painted kaolin clay pigments and tall rabbit like ears and the most beautiful carved face I hav

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

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

This is a very old and well used Yoruba Egungun mask with tall "rabbit" like ears and traditional style face. The mask has a painted kaolin clay surface and is Very well weathered suggesting great age

A Tall carved wooden mask with large rabbit like ears as well as a rabbit effigy clinging to the back of the mask, all carved from a single piece of wood. Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Africa. The mask mea

This is a very finely carved wooden dance crest with a well carved and elegant image of "Egungun" Yoruba God of the ancestors and of hinting, with the traditional long plaited hair off to one side. Th

A very old well used carved wooden Egungun cap mask with old textiles, nails and signs of field use. The mask was carved from a heavy dense wood. Yoruba peoples, Nigeria. The mask measures. Provenance

A eroded old dance crest for the Egungun dances with a classical large Yoruba head with typical coif and face painted in yellow with green designs; part of lower cowl deficient, not affecting the carv

This is a very old and well used Yoruba Egungun mask with tall "rabbit" like ears and traditional style face. The mask has a painted kaolin clay surface and is Very well weathered suggesting great age

A large carved wooden helmet mask with classic facial features, incised and painted scar designs, carved coiffure and embellished with silver paints. Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Africa. The mask measures

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

Measurements (inches) & Weight (pounds) Height: 11" Width: 6.5" Depth: 9.5" Weight: 2 lbs An interesting, colorful Yoruba Egungun mask featuring a large cat figure on top.

Measurements (inches) & Weight (pounds) Height: 11.5" Width: 7.5" Depth: 12.25" Weight: 4 lbs A beautiful, white colored Yoruba Egungun style mask featuring a large bird figure on top.

Measurements (inches) & Weight (pounds) Height: 15.5" Width: 10" Depth: 13" Weight: 4.5 lbs An interesting colorful Yoruba Egungun style mask with two protruding horns on either side that have bir

Carved wooden cap mask with stylized anthropomorphic head on top with tall twisted horns and painted with organic pigments. The cap mask features several zoomorphic and mask like faces , the head of t

A carved wooden dance crest in the image of Egungun, God of the Ancestors and of hunting. With traditional facial scars and a red painted surface. Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Africa. The dance crest meas

**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