MARKED DOWN RARE YORUBA IFE BEADED KING'S HAT 32" TALL
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YORUBA IFE ADENLA 32" TALL AGE IS PROBABLY MID 20th CENTURY 32" TALL Yoruba beaded king's great crown-adenla- The right to wear crowns is limited to approximately fifty Yoruba kings. Theoretically, only direct descendents of one of the sixteen children of the god ORISHA, first king of the Yoruba people, can wear them. ORISHA blessed mankind with the use of beads, and their use is restricted to those whose spiritual powers enable them to move across the boundary that separates men from gods, the secular from the sacred. The crown itself is worshipped. It is placed upon the king's head from behind, usually by athe senior wife, because he may not look upon the bird which goes on the top, which holds powerful medicines to protect him and his destiny. The veil is to keep viewers from seeing the king's face, masking his individuality, and also focusing attention on the real focus of power, the crown. The birds on the side symbolize the fact that the king rules "only with the suppoirt of the mothers." Crowns limited to those who could trace their heritage to Odudua, first knig of Yoruba(at Ife). Crowns are called orisha (diety) and is the object of care and veneration by a woman at court. The veil focuses the viewer's attention to the crown and to venerate the king's head. Orisha is the generic name for a diety and not a king. It was either
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