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Yorùbá

Headdress (Igi Gèlèdé Oníjàkadi)

Yoruba, Ketu region, 1900

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Yorùbá

Headdress (Igi Gèlèdé Oníjàkadi)

Yoruba, Ketu region, 1900

Physical Qualities Wood, polychrome, 30.3 H x 31.5 W x 35.5 D cm.
Credit Line Gift of Russell L. Wade, Washington, D.C.
Object Number 2001.478
With superstructure of two serpents with intertwined head and intertwined tails; with a blue and white blade-shaped projection on each side.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2001; Russell L. Wade, Washington, DC

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