Helmet mask for Gelede society in form of a male head with white face and black beard, with complex superstructure of a European male with rifle shooting at a python that is attacking a giant chicken

Helmet Mask (efe Gelede)

Yoruba people, Republic of Benin (formerly Kingdom of Dahomey), Nigeria, Anago region, African

20th century

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