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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Dark blackish-brown vessel with rounded bottom has inward-curving neck and everted rim; shoulder has repeating diamonds with protruding oval inside each.
Large round jar with foot, narrows slightly toward the bottom. Raised ridge around widest portion of vessel. Shoulder decorated with groups of angled and curved parallel incised lines; bottom half with incised geometric patterns. Reddish color with fire clouds.
Collector number EWLE 9
Female Figure, Bankoni culture, Mali, African, fired clay