Headdress for Gelede

Sculpture

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DePaul Art Museum

Name/Title

Headdress for Gelede

Entry/Object ID

2009.189

Description

Head. Object used for Gelede - a Yoruba public spectacle and celebration of 'Mothers'

Artwork Details

Medium

Carved wood, metal cloth fragment

Acquisition

Notes

Collection of DePaul Art Museum, gift of James and Gladys Strain

Made/Created

Artist

Unidentified Yoruba artist

Notes

Creation Date: Early 20th century

Ethnography

Notes

Africa Nigeria Yoruba

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Class

SCULPTURE

Dimensions

Dimension Description

overall

Width

9-1/2 in

Depth

7 in

Length

13-1/2 in