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Egungun cult Mask Headdress

A colorful old pigmented Yoruba mask, provenance Carlo Bold.

Did you knew that painted masks and statues are known from the XIIIth century ?

Egungun Masks like this one appear at funerals as part of colorful textile costumes, they where designed to create spectacular ritual performances and are believed to embody the spirit of the deceased person.

An"Egungun Dancer" Video

Masks known as Gelede are utilized by the Efe/Gelede men's Association among the western Yoruba to use at their principal festival at planting time for a dance called EKA. This society honors "the mothers" in relation to female ancestors and deities. An interesting duality exists, however, in that Gelede is also an anti-witchcraft society and, at the same time, is thought to have close affiliations to witchcraft itself.
Here, the power of the mother in her role of birthing and life-giving is contrasted with the concept of the power of elderly women and witchcraft, thus giving and taking life, health or illness.

This particular mask, carved from one piece of wood, may represent a young woman, with an interesting coiffure going to the chin.

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