ceremonial headgear for boys Yoruba 1960-1980

Rare ceremonial headgear for boys; handcrafted by the Yoruba tribe; Nigeria 1960-1980; dome-shaped (spherical dome) leather cap with wooden finial decorated with leather fringes and the glass beads typical of the Yoruba; traces of use according to age; measurements: Ø 14 cm; provenance „Jürgen Maurer (1939-2018)“, prominent businessman, art collector and chronicler from Heppenheim (Germany) http://www.kunstsammlungmaurer.de