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Title
English: Gelede Helmet Mask of a Gendarme
Description
English: Gelede is a performance that often serves as a showcase for artistic innovation, with the forms of gelede masks depicting a wide range of motifs that are both entertaining and critical. This mask depicts a French gendarme, a colonial soldier, and was likely performed as a critique of French personal and political behavior during the colonial period.
Date
English: early 20th century
Dimensions 10 x 7 x 11 in. (25.4 x 17.8 x 27.9 cm)
institution QS:P195,Q632682
Current location
Arts of Africa collection South Gallery, 1st Floor
Accession number
1991.226.3
Credit line Gift of Eugene and Harriet Becker
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  • Culture: Yoruba
Source/Photographer Online Collection of Brooklyn Museum; Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.1991.226.3_print_front_bw.jpg
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