Title
Unusual caricature Gelede mask with exaggerated features, used either in the daytime entertainment section of an Efe / Gelede performance, or as a satire on Gelede by an onidan Egungun masquerader
Caption
Unusual caricature Gelede mask with exaggerated features, used either in the daytime entertainment section of an Efe / Gelede performance, or as a satire on Gelede by an onidan Egungun masquerader, Gelede placates and honours the mystic powers of women to restore the community. Nigeria. Yoruba. Oyo State, Nigeria.
Credit line
Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman
Reference
UMG12A28_277
Model release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
33,7Mb (1,4Mb) / 9,5in x 13,8in / 2848 x 4134 (300dpi)