Helmet masks, with or without elaborate superstructures, are found among the Opin and Ekiti of northeastern Yorubaland, are related to age-grades, and are generally identified in the literature as epa ...

Click to open image viewer. The name of this mask, oloju foforo, means "the owner of the deep-set eyes," a reference to the cut holes through which the wearer sees. The form is unique to Osi-Ilorin, ...

Epa Mask is a ceremonial mask worn by mainly the Yoruba. The Ekiti speaking people to be precise in Southern Yoruba honour their leaders, farmers, kings, priests, hunters and mothers of twins with Epa ...

Gelede is used in a cult connected to the elderly women. Among the Yoruba, the purpose of the cult of the Gelede is to appease the spirit of witches to use their powers for the protection of the ...