File:Brooklyn Museum 22.227 Gelede Mask (4).jpg
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English: Gelede Mask ( ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Title |
English: Gelede Mask |
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Description |
English: Mask with large elaborate headtie painted in many layers of yellow, blue, red, green, brown, and black. Nostrils pierced for wearer to see through. Condition is fair. Paint raised and cracked.
English: Gelede masks, such as this one, are worn by male Yoruba dancers at festivals honoring the women of the community, living and dead, especially the powerful Great Mothers, including both the elderly women of the community and the ancestors of Yoruba society. The gelede performances entertain and educate, and document elements of everyday life, such as the woman's head tie in this example. Through their movements, gelede dancers express Yoruba ideals of male and female behavior. |
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Date |
English: late 19th or early 20th century |
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Dimensions | 11 3/4 x 9 1/4 x 12 in. (29.8 x 23.5 x 30.5 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q632682 |
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Current location |
Arts of Africa collection South Gallery, 1st Floor |
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Credit line | Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source/Photographer | Online Collection of Brooklyn Museum; Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 22.227_bw.jpg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Permission (Reusing this file) |
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license. Attribution: Brooklyn Museum
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