Gelede Mask With Bushcow Atop A Man’s Head and His Colorful Cap
Yoruba, Nigeria
20th Century
Wood and Pigments
16.5”h x 7.25”w x 10”d
(42cm high x 18.4cm wide x 25.4cm deep)
Worn by Gelede Society Members in Secular Masquerade Dances and Parades.
Provenance: for decades in the private collection of J. Weldon Smith, Former Director of The San Francisco Craft & Folk Art Museum
$750
