YORUBA GELEDE MASK,
wood, clay, traces of red pigment to lozenge scarification marks above nose, in ears and beside mouth, applied clay to head and eyes, possibly offering to the goddess yemoja, 19th century, 28cm (provenance: partially exhumed near the Ogun River, Nigeria 1930)
Provenance: Collection of Julien Harris (1910-2011) - see lot 1066.
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