This is the rating and price for Yoruba Egungun Costume Cotton Textile Headcrest Nigeria , Mid 20th century

Description : We do not recommend laundering textiles, and do not accept returns of textiles which have been laundered in any manner. , Even dry cleaning is too much for some of these antique textiles. , For some of them, a very gentle HAND washing , (NEVER MACHINE, on any setting) , in cool water with a very gentle detergent works, but even then, dyes may not be colorfast, and fabric may be less strong than it appears. Additional Information: , A superb costume used with in Egungun masquerade with a hat and janus face attached to the top of the robe . , Multi-layered costume consists of cotton drapes with vibrant designs and colors and pant legs. The stripped cotton ticking on the trousers is embellished with vibrant geometric patterning. , Among the Yoruba of Nigeria masqueraders known as Egungun dance to represent and celebrate the ancestors. The Yoruba see the world of the living and the dead as a continuum with the dead ever present in the life of an individual and their family and town. Egungun dancers completely covered in voluminous cloths or in costumes , surmounted by a carved headdress appear during ceremonies honoring the ancestors, previous family members or will dance to represent present lineage members. Egungun masquerades were noted as early as 1826 and the tradition continues among the Yoruba today combining long established traditions and contemporary imagery. Egungun masquerades combine the use of a number of brightly colored cloths that at times appear to be simply piled on the dancers head and body or the cloth will be surmounted by carved headpieces of human and animal forms. This is a wonderfull costume that would add an important piece of Yoruba character in any collection. And this example , is worthy of a museum collection.  ,Recommended Reading:  , Daniel Mato, PhD., Chelsea Cooksey, YORUBA: AN ART OF LIFE. The Bennett-Luther Collection Africa Direct, Denver, Colorado, 2004 Drewal, H.J., J. Pemberton, R. Abiodun, ?Yoruba, Nine Centuries of African Art and Thought?. 1989. Thompson, R. F. , Black Gods and Kings 1971.  ,
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