Mask - Nigeria (No reserve price)

Gèlèdé, illustrating the cult of the “Mothers,” or witches, originating from the Hollidjè (Nigeria), with red and red pigmentation (a color used in the Vodoun religion) based on natural pigments. The Gèlèdé ceremony consists of two phases: the night dedicated to the representation of the deities and the day dedicated to community celebrations, with diverse representations. This mask was intended to be a daytime mask; it features a nalimale (intercrossed arrows) characteristic of the Holli country. On top of the headdress, one observes a kind of cylindrical, pierced pivot, which was to serve as a podium for an “aerial” element, perhaps a serpent or a bird, community symbols. The object is authentic and has no restorations.