YORUBA, NIGERIA, early 20th century
wood painted black, yellow and red, in the form of a human head with a small drum above the forehead, and large stylised ears, each carved with motifs of a lizard and crown, with a carved lizard figure on the back of the head between the stylised ears
51.5 cm height
Estimate:
$4,000 - $6,000
Sold:
$4,200 (inc. BP)
lot details
Egungun Headdress
YORUBA, NIGERIA, early 20th century
wood painted black, yellow and red, in the form of a human head with a small drum above the forehead, and large stylised ears, each carved with motifs of a lizard and crown, with a carved lizard figure on the back of the head between the stylised ears
51.5 cm height
Provenance
Collected by Donald Friend in Nigeria, 1938–39
Related Works
Two very similar works are Yoruba Headdress (Egungun), 19th–20th century, wood, pigment, iron nails, 40.6 cm height (accession number 1979.206.192), and Yoruba Helmet Mask (Egungun), 19th–20th century, wood, pigment, 40.3 cm height (accession number 1987.448.2), collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York