Gelede Mask

Maker Unknown, Yoruba, Egbabo

MediumPigment, wood

Dimensions16 1/4” x 13” x 13 1/2”

Credit LineGift of the Herman Copen Trust

Object numberAF2002.1926.COP

DescriptionGelede mask representing a market woman with side and back braids and a blue and red bowl on her head. Yellow face with three horizontal scarification marks on each cheek. According to Henry Drewal, this mask may have been made by Duga of Meko.

ClassificationsCeremonial

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Gender and Society in Africa

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