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Description : Headdress egungun Yoruba, Nigeria wood, mat dark brown patina, of oval hollowed form, a beautiful modelled face: big eyes, a slightly curved nose with delicate inflated notstrils and a fine grooved coiffure with middle crest, in a raised line separated from the facial plane, linear scarification marks on forehead, cheeks and chin, marked in white paint 1994.4.97 on the backside, slightly dam., minor missing parts (lower rim), paint rubbed off, the egungun cult is closeley related with funeral ceremonies and rites for worshipping the ancestors. The masks are completed by elaborate colourful costumes of multi layered textile in alternating colours and patterns. The design of the egungun masks differs, depending on their function. So they are multi-headed when used for jurisdictional purposes and when used at funeral ceremonies they are provided with rabbits ears, hourglass and medicine receptacle. H: 23 cm, (5038/002) Provenance High Museum of Art, Atlanta, USA Published in Henry John Drewal, African Artistry, Technique and Aestethics in Yoruba Sculpture, An Exhibition of Yoruba Art from The Arnett Collection, The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, 1980, p. 84, ill. 144 Literature Thompson, Robert Farris, Black Gods and Kings, Los Angeles 1971, p.
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