Yoruba Gelede Mask with Colonial Era Figure, Nigeria #953 milagros ornament The Essays

The Essays

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Sterling Silver/Gold Vermeil Cutout Leaf Earrings

Condition: Good to Fair

Yoruba Gelede Mask with Colonial Era Figure, Nigeria #953 milagros ornament The EssaysYoruba Gelede Mask with Colonial Era Figure, Nigeria #953 Wonderful Gelede Mask with traces of original matte polychrome. Depicts a clothed and helmeted Colonial Figure sitting in a folding chair; it is unclear whether the individual in the chair represents a European or a Yoruba Chieftain in European dress. The supporting head of the mask appears to be a Female Character, as she sports a headwrap that terminates in a bow at the back of her head.