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GELEDE MASK

YORUBA, NIGERIA
WOOD,PIGMENT, HEIGHT 50CM

The Gelede cult celebrates the power of elderly women, which is related to motherhood and earlier ancestry. Hemet masks are carved in the form of a human face, while on top of the masks all kinds of activities or symbols are displayed. This very original and colourful mask displays birds, a snake, a knife, amongst other things. This mask was found and personally brought to South Africa by my friend Salim in the 1990’s from a small village in Benin. 

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